[bonsai_bar]

You're a big fan but have never read his essays on Startup Advice?

[bonsai_bar]

Isn't this a little creepy? It's mimicking an identity of someone that you haven't gotten the permission to do. It feels wrong.

[ryandvm]

Worse, this is achieving levels of cringe our best scientists previously thought impossible.

[vednig]

Scientists have been wrong before

[vednig]

Unethical? Maybe, illegal? No App clearly states that it is an AI Advisor not a real person

[fragmede]

I am not a lawyer, but most U.S. states (California, where pg resides, is one of them) recognize a “right of publicity.” So, illegal? quite possibly yes.

[vednig]

You're right the law prevents unauthorised use of Personas for commercial gain

[vednig]

There's a lot of stuff on the Web, I've read few of them but not all.