Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot we caught telling businesses to break the law – The Markup
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New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help close a budget gap

In a press conference this week on New York City’s $12 billion budget gap, Mayor Zohran Mamdani zeroed in on the previous administration’s artificial intelligence chatbot as one of “a number of different things we’re going to pursue for savings.”

  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    The top comment on this chain says:

    I dunno I’m in favor of telling businesses to shut themselves down.

    And that’s what I was referring to with what I said.

    Pay attention to the fucking context of the conversation you’re having and stop making strawmen such as suggesting I’m supporting oligarchy and the status quo by saying “Don’t shut down the bodegas” or “it’s magical thinking to expect everyone will grow their own food after capitalism.”