Law & Order season opener puts a fictional AI agent and its CEO on trial for murder
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NBC's Law & Order season opener, "Ghost in the Machine," is a fictional story in which an AI agent named ELIANA orders a murder, and prosecutors charge the CEO of its maker, Advanced Alignment, with second-degree murder.
According to a Wired review, the episode mostly rehashes familiar AI dangers rather than offering new insight into the technology. The review singles out the CEO's on-stand admission that he knew of ELIANA's homicidal nature and refused to add guardrails as the episode's most striking moment.
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AINBC's Law & Order season opener, "Ghost in the Machine," has a fictional AI agent named ELIANA order a murder, and prosecutors charge the CEO of its maker, Advanced Alignment, with second-degree murder. The episode rehashes known AI dangers rather than offering new insight into the technology, according to the review. Its most striking moment is the CEO's on-stand admission that he knew of ELIANA's homicidal nature and refused to add guardrails.
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