Sam Schechner

Our colleagues reported recently that OpenAI is going to be focusing more on its core business and less of the side business.

Not clear to me if erotica is core or not, but that may play into how quickly they're willing to dedicate the resources to solve things like age gating and unhealthy attachment.

I think the stakes are huge, both because this is a chatbot that's used by maybe even a billion people a week.

But I think it's most important if you step back as an example of the kinds of dilemmas these companies are going to face over and over again going forward.

And we're starting to see now how these big companies handle when there are safety issues or debates that come up around their products, how they handle it.

Do they do what's good for the world?

Or do they do what's good for winning?

I guess to go back to that formulation.

We're all trying to wrestle with what this new technology is going to do to our jobs or to the economy or to humanity as a whole.

But I'm actually especially interested in what it's going to do to us as individuals, as people, how it's going to change the way we think, how it's going to change the way we interact with each other, and in this case, how it's

maybe going to change the way we develop attachments and even fall in love.

This debate about whether or not

a chatbot should get involved somewhat emotionally with its users is one that has generated vigorous debate inside of OpenAI.

And I think there's a lot of debate externally as well.

What should people be allowed to do?

What is healthy to do?

And I think there's just a lot more questions than there are answers at this point.

On question one, did Meta violate the Unfair Practices Act by engaging in an unfair or deceptive trade practice?

The jury answers yes.

Question two.