r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 14h ago

Artificial Intelligence Florida woman used Claude as a diary, then Anthropic reported an entry to police

https://www.techspot.com/news/114091-florida-woman-used-claude-diary-anthropic-reported-shoot.html
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u/BrothelWaffles 14h ago

Listen Tina, just because you turned your diary into a collection of erotic friend-fiction doesn't mean we all do that.

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u/InfinitelyThirsting 13h ago edited 13h ago

A diary isn't a chatbot you have a conversation with. Your therapist isn't your diary. If you start telling them about your plans to commit violence against other people, they have to report you.

She didn't want a diary, she wanted a sycophantic robot to agree with her. If she wanted a diary, she'd have used a diary, or a word document, not something that responds.

To be clear, I'm against LLMs like this. I think they're dangerous, and should not be private, and absolutely should be monitored for shit like this. No one needs to be using this shit like this, and they've been causing psychosis.

Edit to add: She wasn't expressing thoughts, she said she was going to go shoot them up, and also said she'd gotten a new gun. That ain't a diary, that's telling a robot your plans for violence.

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u/tekonus 14h ago

diary  /dī′ə-rē/ noun

A usually daily written record of personal experiences and observations; a journal.

A daily record of events or measurable phenomena, usually kept to track patterns over time.

kept a diary of blood sugar levels. A book or computer file used for keeping such a record.

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u/Radirondacks 14h ago

A textbook definition does not always reflect reality.

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u/tekonus 11h ago

If you tell the court it was your diary, you can bet your ass that the prosecutor will use the textbook definition against you. It will be your job to convince the jury otherwise at that point. 

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u/Radirondacks 11h ago

Okay, let's see how they handle it in court then instead of a Reddit comment section.

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u/entertheclutch 13h ago

White boy shocks courtroom full of lawyers by testifying in perfect legalese

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u/SeanBlader 14h ago

That doesn't make it wrong, just maybe out of context.

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u/Manos_Of_Fate 13h ago

What’s the point of keeping intentionally inaccurate records?

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u/[deleted] 12h ago

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u/Manos_Of_Fate 12h ago

So your inaccurate “food diary” was just meant to be a fantasy about eating less and losing weight? It’s not like I can stop you, but most people use those to actually keep track of what they eat.