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Offline Luis Gonzalez

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Taking Molly to Court
« on: Monday, Aug 31, 2026 10:40 am »
Taking Molly to Court

She Was Just Doing Her Job... Wasn’t She?

The Last Wire




There is a babysitter named Molly. She is remarkably good at keeping children occupied while their parents get on with their lives.

Molly is Meta.

Now she’s being hauled into court because some of the children encountered things their parents didn’t want them to encounter.

But before we decide how much blame belongs to Molly, there’s a rather elementary question worth asking:

Who hired her?

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« Last Edit: Monday, Aug 31, 2026 10:51 am by Luis Gonzalez »
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Re: Taking Molly to Court
« Reply #1 on: Monday, Aug 31, 2026 11:49 am »
Bump!
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Re: Taking Molly to Court
« Reply #2 on: Monday, Aug 31, 2026 12:19 pm »
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The parent did not surrender responsibility merely because the babysitter happened to be digital. Perhaps the real problem is that Molly has become extraordinarily good at doing exactly what we hired her to do.

This is a point of failure.  How do we make sure parents understand what they're hiring Molly to do?
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Re: Taking Molly to Court
« Reply #3 on: Monday, Aug 31, 2026 12:59 pm »
A background on what Molly is would have been helpful IMO. I'm assuming it's like an AI babysitter or something?
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Re: Taking Molly to Court
« Reply #4 on: Monday, Aug 31, 2026 01:56 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on Monday, Aug 31, 2026 12:59 pm
A background on what Molly is would have been helpful IMO. I'm assuming it's like an AI babysitter or something?

Click on the link  :yowsa:
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Re: Taking Molly to Court
« Reply #5 on: Monday, Aug 31, 2026 02:53 pm »
AI will be our downfall.
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