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Copilot AI calls journalist a child abuser, Microsoft tries to launder responsibility (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Microsoft published, using their software and servers, a libelous claim, to potentially millions of people.
The details of how the software was programmed should be legally irrelevant.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 12 points 3 weeks ago

* a GDPR violation, in Germany

[–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The details of how the software was programmed should be legally irrelevant.

Why? Programmers should be legally liable for what they program.

[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 5 points 3 weeks ago

Why? Programmers should be legally liable for what they program.

Too many degrees of separation between a programmer and the final product and how it's used, usually.

Additionally, the decision to deploy an incomplete product or one that contains known flaws is an administrative decision, not a programming one.