The Therac-25 radiation machine is taught as the literal textbook case study regarding software safety because six patients were injured or killed.

Meanwhile, LLMs Have Led to 33 Deaths

  • Grimy@lemmy.world
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    I feel like that largely ignores the idea of what an actual safety critical system is. It doesn’t cover malicious usage in the browser case. Idk if I would put the amplifying effect it has on the mentally ill in that category either. It’s just a wide net to be casting.

    You would have to include stuff like social media, or just simply having conversations with people. Discord would fit in just as much as AI. Most of the internet would tbh.

    It should probably be kept away from the mentally ill and children to an extent, but since it’s completely virtual and available on the net, that would mean some intense regulation. No thanks, not interested in the internet being treated as a dangerous chemical. Regulations would help openai a lot more than regular folks in any case.