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Berger’s three laws of chatbotics.
From author J.M. Berger on Bluesky, a proposal to avoid chatbot psychosis:
- The bot should never express emotions.
- The bot should never praise the user.
- The bot should never say it understands the user’s mental state.
A tough order for companion bots, of course — which lots of companies want their general-purpose AI to be.
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