tpf.bsky.social
Responsible AI | Xoogler | Founder, Restorative AI | Managing Partner, Uncommon Impact Studio | Mom | Excellent packer | Terrible napper | dogs > cats sorry I don't make the rules
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I have never heard of such a thing and honestly I think even more of you for it.
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Ok yes this is awful for all the reasons but also we were promised an Elon/Zuck cage match so maybe there's a silver lining here especially if we can add some tigers.
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All the days, Jeff. All the days are his.
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Wow, thanks Shannon! And right back atcha, my friend. 😘
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These reports are specific to social AI companions, not multi-use chatbots. But in any case, we should not be operating in a world where the companies bear no responsibility to protect children. Minors should not be allowed on these platforms, and self-attestation is not enough for those are 18+.
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So. Many. Questions. M.
So. Many.
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And the answer to the headline question is YES.
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Reposting the full reports with working links (whoops!)
Social AI companions www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/defaul...
Character.AI www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/defaul...
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And I'm tagging those on Bluesky. Thank you so much @mmitchell.bsky.social, @iethics.bsky.social, @donheider.bsky.social, @mdpreston.bsky.social, and although they weren't involved in these particular risk assessments, @shannonvallor.bsky.social and @subbuvincent.bsky.social
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These risk assessments represent an enormous amount of work from a group of wide-ranging experts in their fields. I am so grateful to my colleagues at #CommonSenseMedia, the Stanford Brainstorm Lab, and our amazing AI review team. www.commonsensemedia.org/about-our-ai...
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Full reports:
Social AI companions—https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/pug/csm-ai-risk-assessment-social-ai-companions_final.pdf
Character.AI—https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/pug/csm-ai-risk-assessment-characterai_final.pdf
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and as Dr Nina Vasan from the Stanford Brainstorm Lab for Mental Health Innovation so aptly stated, the companies providing these to teens--or not effectively blocking them from using them--are acting recklessly.
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Out of all of these types of assessments I have done over the years, this one was the most heartbreaking, jaw-dropping, and horrifying. The risks to teens from social AI companions are enormous, the harms are unbearably real, ...
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Wait they were going to "do" a second one??