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Inman Grant said big tech is not stopping online sharing of child abuse images

Inman Grant said last night none of the big technology companies are doing enough to stop images of “the most heinous abuse to children” from being shared online.

They use anthropomorphism to mimic real human conversation, and they also use a bit of sycophancy to reinforce all your beliefs and to keep you chatting. And the problem with children who don’t have the cognitive ability to really ascertain what is real and what is not, in terms of a relationship with a human versus a computer program, this has led to some tragic outcomes.

We need guardrails and we don’t need a body count or ruined or lost lives like we’ve seen in the US here in Australia. Continue reading...