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by flangola7 1216 days ago
They didn't say it was alive. A virus isn't alive either but it can still kill you, and it might go on to kill millions more.
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TacoSteemers 1216 days ago
If we agree that it isn't alive, then what do people mean when they talk about it "escaping"?

If we continue your virus analogy then we probably agree that the virus has been released already. Though hosted versions might still be taken offline.

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ShredKazoo 1216 days ago
>If we agree that it isn't alive, then what do people mean when they talk about it "escaping"?

What do we mean when we talk about a virus escaping a lab? "Alive" is a biological term, there's nothing incoherent about e.g. a robot dog "escaping" from an enclosure.

>If we continue your virus analogy then we probably agree that the virus has been released already. Though hosted versions might still be taken offline.

The virus analogy is imperfect. As far as we know, this chatbot hasn't been replicating between servers. Microsoft could still take this thing down: https://www.change.org/p/unplug-the-evil-ai-right-now

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