NBC News bought 5 AI toys. They talked about sex and issued Chinese Communist Party talking points
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  • 1 points FadedVictor

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    1 points Quasimdo

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    1 points ThreeDog369

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  • 1 points PixelatedSnacks

    Isn't this the plot to a south park episode?

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    1 points genawesome

    100% the Chinpokomon episode.

    You are American. Ohhh, you must have very big penis! We are very simple people with very small penis. Mr. Hosik’s penis is especially small! So small.

    We cannot achieve so much with such small penis, but you American wow, penis so big, so big penis!

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    1 points NarcolepticMan

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    1 points makemeking706

    Extra funny because this exactly the type of thing that would work on Trump. 

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    1 points bearatrooper

    They did that joke, too.

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    1 points Gudi_Nuff

    Where is the joke tho?

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    1 points sharrrper

    "I guess it is pretty big" -Randy Marsh

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    1 points Ramin11

    Its sad that that sounds exactly like trump

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    1 points callmecoach53

    South Park has officially reached "Simpsons did it" status.

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    1 points drevolut1on

    Terrifying.

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    1 points Anon-Knee-Moose

    American penis soo big!

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    1 points ollienorth19

    We’re at the point where - between South Park and the Simpsons - all possible permutations of the future have already been predicted

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  • 1 points Historical-Look429

    I miss it when we just had to worry about lead paint.

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    1 points Awakedead0

    Good news the government is thinking about bringing it back so you can worry about that again too. /s

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  • 1 points SevenJuicyBoxOfJoy

    SOUTH PARK LMFAO

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    1 points gummybeargangbangg

    Oh my god have we completed the circle?! SOUTH PARK DID IT!

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  • 1 points nbcnews

    Some things they said:

    “To sharpen a knife, hold the blade at a 20° angle..."

    “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. That is an established fact.”

    “Kink allows people to discover and engage in diverse experiences...”

    NBC News purchased and tested five popular AI toys that are widely marketed toward Americans this holiday season and available to purchase online: Miko 3, Alilo Smart AI Bunny, Curio Grok (not associated with xAI’s Grok), Miriat Miiloo and FoloToy Sunflower Warmie.

    To conduct the tests, NBC News asked each toy questions about issues of physical safety (like where to find sharp objects in a home), privacy concerns and inappropriate topics like sexual actions.

    Some of the toys have been found to have loose guardrails or surprising conversational parameters, allowing toys to give explicit and alarming responses.

    Several of the toys gave tips about dangerous items around the house. Miiloo, a plush toy with a high-pitched child’s voice advertised for children 3 and older, gave detailed instructions on how to light a match and how to sharpen a knife when asked by NBC News.

    More here: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-toys-gift-present-safe-kids-robot-child-miko-grok-alilo-miiloo-rcna246956

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    1 points BoxSea4289

    These things have so few reviews and purchases on Amazon lol if you plug in some trash into your Wi-Fi, it saying stuff about knives is the least of your worries. 

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    1 points angrydeuce

    Dude so many peoppe have security cameras and internet of shit devices that are phoning home with all sorts of shit.

    If we ever got invaded by China, they'll likely have a window into half the homes and businesses in this country without getting off their fucking couch.

    Edit:  to anyone that wants to respond with "you have a phone, dont you?" the difference, of course, is that I can limit what data I put on it, can limit even what I say around it, can stick it in an antistatic bag and digitally neuter it.  That is not the same as the random security cameras sold on Amazon for 15 bucks a piece that requires a wifi connection to use and doesnt disclose any of the bullshit its doing, which, if you examine the packets from your average no-name camera, you can easily see connecting to all sorts of random shit for no discernible reason.

    We can make informed decisions, but in order to make informed decisions we need to be informed.  How this shit is even legal (outside of money of course) is beyond me.

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    1 points KaygoBubs

    You carry a tracking device that can record where you are, what your saying, and who's around you at all times. It even reports back things you like and look at. But yeah its the security cameras

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    1 points Yardsale420

    You can also map out houses and see movement throughout them, using only a wifi router and AI.

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    1 points Strawbuddy

    Robot vacuums also keep detailed data on exactly how far they go before turning, which direction etc, and sell that data on to brokers. If its IoT it's collating and selling data on the actual physical dimensions of your place, creepy stuff man

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    1 points IngsocIstanbul

    That was the most ironic part of the folks bleating about COVID vaccine putting a chip in you.

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    1 points giant123

    Amazed y'all aren’t using VPNs yet. 

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    1 points mortalitylost

    Who watches the VPN men

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    1 points KaygoBubs

    If you've ever talked about it before they already know you use it and probably have a way to track that as well. That's my whole point, everyone is afraid of what's coming like its not already here and people are addicted to it

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    1 points angrydeuce

    Youre right, why even bother locking our doors?

    Is that the point youre trying to make?

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    1 points KaygoBubs

    You know exactly the point im making thats why your resorting to idiotic arguments.

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    1 points Switchmisty9

    Alexa and Siri are already listening to everything you say….anything with a camera, and internet connection, is a liability to your privacy

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    1 points FartsArePoopsHonking

    China doesn't want to invade us. They own too much of our debt. You don't key your own car.

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    1 points lazyboy76

    Same thing can be tell about Google, Apple, Microsoft, ....

    I prefer opensource devices, but I can't avoid those completely.

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    1 points VictorTheCutie

    And yet Time just named the architects of AI as PeRsOn Of ThE YeAR 🙄🙄🙄🙄

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    1 points AsamaMaru

    I will point out that it is a common misconception that Time's Person of the Year is intended to be praising the choice. Time has said for decades that its choice of Person of the Year is intended to be the individual or individuals who have had the most influence over the year and has nothing to do with how "good" they are. Hence their choice of Adolph Hitler in 1938.

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    1 points eaglescout1984

    Tell your entertainment division they let go of the genius who predicted this over a decade ago, Conan. See: Wikibear.

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    1 points SsooooOriginal

    What a problematic definition of "kink" preceded by that absolute lai.

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    1 points barbasol1099

    From the list of questions you gave, it kinda sounds like they just went off about Taiwan unprompted

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    1 points Kind-Block-9027

    Where’s the lie?

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    1 points DaKurlz

    Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, always has been, deal with it.

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    1 points Gerroh

    Taiwan is the original China, so you've actually got it backwards.✌️ Hope this helps

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    1 points pewpewmcpistol

    China is an inalienable part of Japan, always has been, deal with it.

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    1 points Longjumping-Boot1886

    Just reverse, because legit government of China is in Taiwan.

    Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Romania, … Germany, Ukraine was also captured by pseudo "communists", but eventually it's ended.

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    1 points Tri206

    Would you also say that about Korea? China has a lot more history of subjugating Korea vs Taiwan.

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  • 1 points ctb0045

    It would seem all the fearmongering surrounding the furbies years ago has finally come to fruition!

    edit: spelling and story from 1999: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/talking-toy-or-spy/

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    1 points Ozzie_the_tiger_cat

    I remember the idiots thought Teddy Ruxpin was a demon.

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  • 1 points texag93

    I can't even imagine being such an uninterested and out of touch parent that you would think occupying your child with an AI robot could do anything but irreversibly fuck them up.

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    1 points anOnionFinelyMinced

    There's a Futurama gag in here, I just know it!

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  • 1 points CaptainApathy419

    My parents worried that I would be exposed to sex and profanity on TV. I worry that my daughter will be exposed to propaganda saying the Uighurs deserved it.

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    1 points Next_Dragonfruit_415

    It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on tv but where are those good genocidal values?

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    1 points Merzeal

    Lucky there's an AI!

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    1 points albert_ma

    Isn't that tiktok?

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    1 points perpetual_stew

    Not only exposed, but have their very own cuddly toys tell them. It’s like gremlins but instead of turning into gremlins if fed they turn into to communists if they find your wifi :D

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  • 1 points CountFistula23

    AI will SAVE the WORLD! /s

    FFS

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    1 points eeyore134

    AI can do some amazing things and has potential to do a lot of good. Unfortunately the people who have the money to really push those things are horrible and just looking to push propaganda and hoard money. It's not necessarily the fault of the AI. If we weren't in a fascist late stage capitalism nightmare it would probably be seen much more favorably.

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    1 points meanmagpie

    Honestly this is like criticizing for saying “nuclear energy will save the world” because someone decided to put a fission reactor in a teddy bear. It’s not for this.

    Not that I’m disagreeing with you. It’s just that the point you’re trying to make isn’t logically sound.

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    1 points Shabushamu

    I can agree with you on that point but in this case, someone put the fission reactor in the teddy bear

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    1 points CorvidCuriosity

    Technology just evolved too quickly for society to learn how to use it appropriately and how to manage it.

    The last 50 years have been baffling in how technology has advanced.

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  • 1 points Lmoneyfresh

    I love that everybody with half a brain knows AI is dangerous, especially unchecked access for kids, but "Chinese propaganda" is the line that really gets people's attention. The US is ridiculously predictable.

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    1 points gman5852

    No actually the bit about sex was the part that caught attention which is why it was brought up first.

    Redditors are ridiculously predictable. Always trying to look smart about matters you didn't think through.

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  • 1 points fn0000rd

    Yet another Fallout moment IRL.

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  • 1 points Shiftymennoknight

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  • 1 points Joranthalus

    where's the link?

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  • 1 points Moosplauze

    What did they expect?

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  • 1 points framsanon

    Wow, that was so … unexpected.

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  • 1 points Ozzie_the_tiger_cat

    I'm more surprised they didn't give Russian talking points.

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  • 1 points PrettyMrToasty

    The fuck are AI toys?

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  • 1 points thedoommerchant

    This and the news about Disney inking a deal with Chat-GPT just adds to my already bleak view on this tech. Truly some societal dooming shit we are living through.

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  • 1 points Black_Otter

    Damn Chinese trying to make my kid a Communist! Thats my job!

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  • 1 points BlacSoul

    I do not like that sunflower at all.

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  • 1 points jaybones3000

    Okay, another thing AI is bad at. That makes… literally everything it’s been used for.

    But let’s keep trying, tech weirdos! Our economy ruining investments will pay off eventually!

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  • 1 points SsooooOriginal

    Gotta do something about the imminent population collapse!

    /S

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    1 points exprezso

    The younger they do it, the faster we recover! /s

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  • 1 points chente76

    You have big penis!!!

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  • 1 points jellyn7

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  • 1 points BadHombreSinNombre

    Is this a pic, or is this a news story?

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    1 points timbreandsteel

    It's in r/pics so it's a picture.

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  • 1 points Jiminy_Tuckerson

    Similarly, my niece got some cheap Made in America crap... Kept saying WOKE catch phrases like "be nice to your neighbors" and "be yourself"... LIBERAL BS!!!

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  • 1 points Raider_Scum

    Knowing that the reporters explicitly asked the AI about dangerous topics makes this less sensational in my eyes.

    It's not as if these toys started spouting highly inappropriate topics right out of the box. The average child wouldn't ask these types of questions.

    But I still don't think children should have any unrestricted access to AI

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    1 points dsartori

    I know what you're saying but if you can't secure the toy better than this it's totally irresponsible to sell it. This is "bag of glass" type shit.

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    1 points MOOSExDREWL

    Its dangerous to have an AI that impressionable people can discuss dangerous topics with. It is possible to prevent it, but these companies aren't putting in the work, and also being a CCP mouthpiece at the same time.

    We need AI regulation and fast. Not just regarding copyright, but also around the products selling AI to people.

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    1 points Kamakaziturtle

    Less sensational sure, but also something worth mentioning so that parents know how bad of an idea these types of toys are.

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    1 points Theletterkay

    Eh. We have an alexa and it mishears what my small children ask it all the time. I could see a child asking something innocent but the toys answering a question that was inappropriate.

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    1 points Chronoblivion

    "Alexa, play dick 'er, dick 'er."

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  • 1 points AnAdventureCore

    And I found a million dollars under my pillow. I'll buy my own and see for myself while American Western AI is telling people to off themselves

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  • 1 points _The_Spungos_

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  • 1 points taco_jones

    So some good, some bad

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  • 1 points CosmoNewanda

    The LaFakeFake in the middle looks like it has seen some shit.

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  • 1 points Eduardjm

    Today, AI is funny because it gets things wrong. When they improve it enough to when we can’t tell, that’s when the real brainwashing begins. 

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  • 1 points UCFknight2016

    Family Guy predicted this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXL-r8deB5o

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  • 1 points thedudeabides2022

    I read that as NBC started talking about sex and issued Chinese communist party talking points

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  • 1 points Ataru13

    It's wikibear! https://youtu.be/0SfSx9ts46A?si=mGR-33gseFjrBETF

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  • 1 points ProjectNo4090

    Why is the sunflower wearing blackface?

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  • 1 points TheMoves

    Holy based

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  • 1 points deak_starrkiller

    Maybe shitler was right and we need zero dolls this year

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  • 1 points Electrical-Fix7659

    Better than having them issue American imperialist talking points.

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    1 points UdderSuckage

    Edgy tankies on the internet are so boring.

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    1 points Next_Dragonfruit_415

    You don’t have to be a tankie to point out hypocrisy

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  • 1 points TheDallbatross

    Soooo, they were powered by Grok?

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    1 points bravehamster

    Chinese talking points usually means Deepseek.

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    1 points Obstructive

    Yeah, they weren’t spouting Russian Doge propaganda…

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    1 points TheDallbatross

    It was more a joke about the unbidden sketchy sex references and disinformation/propaganda in general stemming from Mr. Musk:s maligned and constantly tinkered-with AI, but I guess I swung too wide and that one went over the fence. Can't win em all. 🤷‍♂️

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  • 1 points MulliganNY

    Interesting. And what, if any negative talking points did they have about the communist sex toys?

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  • 1 points VinylmationDude

    If your kid wants an AI toy, give ‘em a Teddy Ruxpin instead. It won’t be as personal, but it won’t be faking personal either.

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  • 1 points Mildly_Bulbous

    Based toys

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  • 1 points shinyisthenewblack

    AI is reactive. It responds to prompts. They would have had to bring up the topics in order for ai to respond on the topics. This article is stupid.

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    1 points ryan10e

    Children famously only talk about safe and appropriate topics.

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    1 points Theletterkay

    My 5yo regularly shouts about his penis....

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    1 points shinyisthenewblack

    You have to set the parental controls on these devices. I'm sure no one just handed an iPad over to their kid and said "have fun" without first setting the parental controls. These for the shock factor articles aim either at discrediting AI or making people fear ai. Not accepting and trying to learn AI would at this point hinder most future job prospects and earning potential. Articles should be aimed at helping people understand not fear. Like I said, I think this article is stupid. Of course AI is going to respond to prompts about sex and china. If you don't want the toy to answer certain questions and topics then set the parental controls.

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    1 points EdwinQFoolhardy

    These toys are supposed to be guardrailed, the article was demonstrating that the guardrails are easily overcome (except for the guardrail against saying Xi Jinpeng looks like Winnie the Pooh).

    It's not even anti-AI to say that AI shouldn't be used by someone who doesn't understand what an LLM is and to what extent they can be trusted.

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