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Re:California bill would require bots to disclose that they ... by scarab92 on Thursday February 06, 2025 @11:10PM (#42969278)
Because they aren't lieing, they are simply not disclosing whether their actions are the result on an organic neural network or a silicon one.

Society almost never differentiates between goods and services produced directly by human hands, versus with the aid of tools.

Re:California bill would require bots to disclose that they ... by slg on Thursday February 06, 2025 @11:28PM (#42969383)
>Society almost never differentiates between goods and services produced directly by human hands, versus with the aid of tools.

This is objectively wrong. "Handmade" is an incredibly common marketing keyword slapped on all sorts of products to imply quality.

Re:California bill would require bots to disclose that they ... by scarab92 on Thursday February 06, 2025 @11:36PM (#42969436)
That's a completely voluntary marketing decision.

There's no law requiring manufacturers to identify hand made versus machine made, and often, there aren't even clear definitions for what hand made means.

Re:California bill would require bots to disclose that they ... by slg on Friday February 07, 2025 @03:13AM (#42970530)
Those goalposts moved fast from "Society almost never..." to "There's no law requiring...".
Re:California bill would require bots to disclose that they ... by card_zero on Thursday February 06, 2025 @11:24PM (#42969358)
OK, welcome to the new situation where we have a reason to.
Re:California bill would require bots to disclose that they ... by johnnyanmac on Friday February 07, 2025 @12:38AM (#42969776)
Thars called a lie by ommission. If the default assumption is that you're chatting with humans, then there's some deception in a non-human masquerading as one.

>Society almost never differentiates between goods and services produced directly by human hands

Sure we do. We all have different expectations of a human service vs. Using a tool for something. Self checkout, for example. Or a robotaxi vs an Uber driver. Humans themselves can be a service and that can affect how we want to pay or approach one.