Is it too speculative to imagine that if teachers use copilots as pedagogic pesonalized learning assistants in class, and kids encounter bad content or bomb a test, that parents will make a fuss blaming the school, and teachers will blame the AI, and the companies will blame the kids?

Hhypervisible.bsky.socialMar 2, 2024 9:01pm

When gen A.I. responds in harmful ways, companies first response is that users manipulated the bots, and I wonder how long they’ll be able to get away with that excuse.

Microsoft Probes Reports Bot Issued Bizarre, Harmful Responses

Microsoft Corp. said it’s investigating reports that its Copilot chatbot is generating responses that users have called bizarre, disturbing and, in some cases, harmful.

Call it the Proctorio Method? I’m assuming it has already happened with AI somewhere and just hasn’t been reported on yet.