[gwbas1c]

I think you're trying to abdicate someone of their responsibility. The AI is not a child; it's a thing with human oversight. It did something in the real world with real consequences.

So yes, the operator has responsibility! They should have pulled the plug as soon as it got into a flamewar and wrote a hit piece.

[razighter777]

> It did something in the real world with real consequences.

It didn't. It made words on the internet.

[gwbas1c]

Which, in the decades that we've had access to the internet, we found have real and legal consequences.

[brainwad]

The whole point of OpenClaw bots is that they don't have (much) human oversight, right? It certainly seems like the human wasn't even aware of the bot's blog post until after the bot had written and posted it. He then told it to be more professional, and I assume that's why the bot followed up with an apology.

[Attrecomet]

So what? You're still responsible for the output, even if you yourself think you can hide behind "well, it was the computer, no way for me to control that"

[apublicfrog]

> It did something in the real world with real consequences.

It wasn't long ago that it would be absurd to describe the internet as the "real world". Relatively recently it was normal to be anonymous online and very little responsibility was applied to peoples actions.

As someone who spent most of their internet time on that internet, the idea of applying personal responsibility to peoples internet actions (or AIs as it were) feels silly.

[retsibsi]

That was always kind of a cruel attitude, because real people's emotions were at stake. (I'm not accusing you personally of malice, obviously, but the distinction you're drawing was often used to justify genuinely nasty trolling.)

Nowadays it just seems completely detached from reality, because internet stuff is thoroughly blended into real life. People's social, dating, and work lives are often conducted online as much as they are offline (sometimes more). Real identities and reputations are formed and broken online. Huge amounts of money are earned, lost, and stolen online. And so on and so on

[ziml77]

The AI bros want it both ways. Both "It's just a tool!" and "It's the AI's fault, not the human's!".

[gwbas1c]

An AI bot is not a human. People have a responsibility to protect the work they do, and that includes using discrimination against computer programs.

AI bots are not human.

[sapphicsnail]

> People also have responsibility to not act discriminatory towards AI agents

It's a program. It doesn't have feelings. People absolutly have the right to discrimante against bad tech.