> The bill makes it a Class A felony (15-25 years imprisonment) to “knowingly train artificial intelligence” to do ANY of the following:
• Provide emotional support, including through open-ended conversations with a user
• Develop an emotional relationship with, or otherwise act as a companion to, an individual
• Simulate a human being, including in appearance, voice, or other mannerisms
• Act as a sentient human or mirror interactions that a human user might have with another human user, such that an individual would feel that the individual could develop a friendship or other relationship with the artificial intelligence
nomel•35m ago
So, with how poorly that's defined, and with that "ANY" there, most video games/characters.
miloignis•30m ago
As I posted at top level, they've already backed off, but even the linked version had a carve out for video games:
(B) Does not include:
...
(ii) A bot that is a feature of a video game and is limited to
replies related to the video game that cannot discuss topics
related to mental health, self-harm, or sexually explicit content, or
maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game
sieste•57m ago
> The bill makes it a Class A felony (15-25 years imprisonment) to “knowingly train artificial intelligence” to do ANY of the following:
• Provide emotional support, including through open-ended conversations with a user
• Develop an emotional relationship with, or otherwise act as a companion to, an individual
• Simulate a human being, including in appearance, voice, or other mannerisms
• Act as a sentient human or mirror interactions that a human user might have with another human user, such that an individual would feel that the individual could develop a friendship or other relationship with the artificial intelligence
nomel•35m ago
miloignis•30m ago