Posted on 05/31/2023 11:04:08 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The National Eating Disorders Association disabled its chatbot, named Tessa, due to the “harmful” responses it gave people.
“Every single thing Tessa suggested were things that led to the development of my eating disorder,” activist Sharon Maxwell wrote in an Instagram post.
The chatbot was set to become the primary support system for people seeking help from the association, the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to eating disorders. Tessa, described as the “wellness chatbot,” was trained to address body-image issues using therapeutic methods and limited responses. However, the bot encouraged Maxwell to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week, count calories, work towards a 500 to 1,000 calorie deficit daily, measure and weigh herself weekly and restrict her diet.
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My daughter is a professional eating disorder coach.
I’ll send this to her!..................
She coaches people to have eating disorders? Let us know what she thinks.
Who’s programming the AI? If it’s the government, FUGEDDABOUDDITT.
Government’s goal is to REDUCE the population.
Government is pretty stupid about most things. But one thing government is very good at is KILLING PEOPLE...
No, she coaches people that have eating disorders.
Kinda like AA has ‘sponsors’.............
AI will replace humans not because AI is smart, but because humans are so frikken stupid.
If raccoons could drive and talk, they could replace humans.
Ok?
How is this wrong?
I mean yes, there is more to it and if you are dealing with something like being too thin it is not helpful at all but if you are trying to lose weight in general this is not bad advise. You should also try to get out and walk every day. If you can not do thirty minutes do twenty, ten or even five. Over time you will be able to do more.
AI probably told the fatso bishes to stop eating so damn much.
Now I’m hungry...
“The chatbot was set to become the primary support system for people seeking help from the association”
That wasn’t a very well considered decision, was it?
“humans are so frikken stupid”
Yes, but look on the bright side. If half of us weren’t stupid, think of how much more evil we would accomplish.
Engineering firm fires AI chatbot after bridge collapses, film at eleven.
Exactly. It’s pretty good advice for an ordinary weight-loss program. For anorexic crazy people, not so good, because they’re not rational.
Maybe the chatbot should ask each caller about height and weight first off, run a quick BMI calculation, and then decide what advice to give after learning that.
You didn't read the article!!! LOL. Could also be the AI was hacked?
"...““We asked for adequate staffing and ongoing training to keep up with our changing and growing Helpline and opportunities for promotion to grow within NEDA. We didn’t even ask for more money,” helpline associate and union member Abbie Harper wrote in a blog post.
When NEDA refused [to recognize our union], we filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board and won. Then, four days after our election results were certified, all four of us were told we were being let go and replaced by a chatbot.”
Sounds like standard advice a nutrionist would give clients. But I don’t know what Maxwell weights or any conditions that Maxwell has.
AI is kinda like a kid. You give it the best life advice you can, turn it loose and it goes forth and learns on its own.
Something that depends totally on its programming is an algorithm. Those have been around for decades.
Fellas with compassion and vision.
Truth hurts.
Fat people need to diet.
Fornicators need to stop sinning and killing their kids.
Shoot the AI Jesus.
I had an associate who had a business plan involving dieting.
Death Camp Diet.
The plan was sound, but he could not get any financial backing.
I think there’s money to be made with giardia capsules. You’re guaranteed to lose 20 pounds in a week or your money back.
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