Technology

Yes. So many. Everyone involved in this decision, on both the legislative and corporate sides, needs to get the fucking wall.

But it's new Orleans, so some of the difficult to emotionally comprehend number of deaths it causes might at least be funny.

Yeah, I can just imagine how well a "AI" would deal with a situation like this when they can't even operate a drive-thru properly.

Brilliant. I can't wait for all the false calls they will generate with this tech too and then use it as excuse to Gestapo and sent people to the prison camps.

I love it.

All of the movies and novels warning of danger from AI, news of AI convincing people kill themselves, suggesting 'remedies' that would cause someone to die, or going wrong in some other way... and they decide it would be a great plan to have it answer emergency calls from people who could be in the process of being stabbed to death.

Why? Because it's cheaper than hiring enough people to do that job.

The nature of the job means that's very literally deciding that it's better for more people to die than to increase the budget for 911 operators.

Even more than this one instance, it's the same reason that AI is running pretty much everything and the streets are full of AI-powered robots when things go wrong in all of those movies and books. Because it's cheaper than paying a person to do it.

I can't think of any examples even in science fiction stories where the richest people in the world create AI and robotics and manage to automate pretty much all human labor in order to cut costs that end right there with "and then the super rich now in direct control of all production and society divided their wealth and power evenly among all humans and everyone lived happily ever after."

That's just to unrealistic, even for fiction.

You don't need "ai" for this though. IVRs have been doing this for literal decades. Your average dialup ISP had a standard option for times of outages ffs.

Still, it’s a sloppy headline designed for clicks or thumbs up. It would be more accurate if it was “AI is to initially screen calls….”

Yeah but it's just poor people so who cares. Look at the sweet pool the AI company bought whoever approved this!

Would you like to read some Lolita fanfic while I’m thinking?

"Please help! I'm trapped in a basement and there's a man with a gun!"

"Wow! I think it's great that you're looking to leave your comfort zone. There's a lot to see outside the basement, so it's good to broaden your horizons. There are a few options to solve your predicament that we can workshop together. First, are you stuck behind a door, or are you physically incapable of moving? In both cases, I think your best bet is to ask the man with the gun to lend a hand. If there is a door in the way, the man with the gun can shoot out the lock and open that door in no time. But if you aren't able to move, I'd say the man could help carry you out of that basement, too. While we wait for the man to assist, would you like some basement decorating ideas to make your current situation more pleasant?"

"No you don't understand, he is trying to kill me!"

"Wow, that is a lot to unpack! It seems like you believe this man means you harm, but you don't seem to have any logical basis for those feelings. Based on the circumstances, it sounds like you may be misinterpreting helpful vibes as scary due to flaws in your social perception, which could indicate an unhealthy pattern of self-destructive behavior. The first step to help always starts from within, but I can recommend some local therapists in your area who could better address the feelings you have in the long term."

They won't ever be held accountable by any legal process.