We urgently need a federal law forbidding AI from impersonating humans

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/we-urgently-need-a-federal-law-forbidding

12•headalgorithm•2h ago

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aa_is_op•2h ago

Which is why we're not gonna get it. There's reporting that AI companies are firing staff opposing using their tools to create nudes. They're not gonna ban AI from impersonating humans... like ever!

verdverm•1h ago

If you don't give them the right, they will eventually rise up to take it /s

duxup•2h ago

Current federal US policy seems to be that AI can do what it wants and the government is happy to incentivize / enable it.

verdverm•1h ago

and use it to disparage its own citizens... for the luls

chrisjj•1h ago

Hear hear!

I begrudge even the little time of mine wasted by "Simi" at my insurance broker today. I had to read all the way to the bottom of the email before reaching the notice that Simi is a parrot.

verdverm•1h ago

These should be banners at the top when they do this. Thinking something similar for PR request descriptions for the bots.

Transparency should be displayed at the start when interacting with an Ai or content it has produced.

chrisjj•47m ago

> These should be banners at the top when they do this.

Actually, the email From name. E.g. "R Simi" a la Asimov... hoping there's no human with first name "R".

> Thinking something similar for PR request descriptions for the bots.

Those you can just ban.

verdverm•1h ago

Man, I saw this full-duplex video model demo. All I could think was how bad this is going to be. Imagine X's ai girlfriend, but video mode with uncanny valley level intonations and expressions.

I've been reading up on Sherry Turkle's work (https://sherryturkle.mit.edu/). She had some good things to say on a panel at Davos a few weeks back.

Here's an NPR segment with here titled: What to do when AI says "I love you."

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/g-s1177-78041/what-to-do-when...

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