Mom sues AI bot over son's death.

I’m not so sure it’s tenuous. Providing something like this to kids with no guard rails seems crazy. There should absolutely be oversight or even limits on who can use it. A 14 year old shouldn’t have unfettered access to a bot that offers sexual conversation to him.

 

Sounds like a parenting issue more than anything

 

Geez, that's a truly sad story.

 

I call BS. I know it seems to be soothing to some to blame everything on parents. But electronics and social media are a fact of life, and it is darn near impossible to monitor and regulate everything a 14 year old does online.

 

This went on over months according to the article. I'd agree with you if this was some short stint one-off type thing. With the limited details we know, including sexual stuff, if your kid is doing something like this over months most of that is on the parent

 

14 year olds cant get into Rated R movies but can access AI sex bots? Seems a little uneven in how we apply "it takes a village".

 

Funny.

Go GATORS!
,WESGATORS

 

It's also fairly easy to regulate a 14-year old's time online.

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,WESGATORS

 

A 14 year old can pirate an R rated movie on the same internet they can interact with a chat bot

 

I'm surprised there's not a bigger focus on "Sewell shot himself with his father’s handgun."

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,WESGATORS

 

Well, it would be nice if it was legal to sue gun companies for their product killing someone, but since that avenue is closed, this is about suing the AI maker.

 

I dont mind age verification on adult content from home however even that is very ineffective today. Parent controls on phones, PCs, TV streaming is all possible but so many parents barely know how those function. Not really set up for success. This is a very extreme case obviously.

 

I disagree. I got away with pretty much everything I did as a teenager ... it was easy to hide stuff from your parents back then that we did in "real life", it's probably even easier now if you are a kid that lives in a virtual world and knows how to use VPNs and Private Browsing...

 

I mean, if you can just get a parents password (and they happen to reuse it across services), you could basically watch about anything you wanted

 

As a father of a 14 year old boy currently, i can vouch. Its like using a screen door to shovel water.

 

In your home and on their devices yes. The problem is other parents that give their kids free reign and this exposes others.

 

I wish that were true.

 

Pirate? Heck, Netflix has no ticket taker.