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/Tokey_TheBear 14h ago

Theres a thing on the internet where people will say things that they mean seriously but if its against TOS for the site they are on or it is illegal, they will say "In Minecraft" at the end to sort of add the plausible deniability that: "Oh I didn't actually mean that, I meant that I was going to go do XYZ in Minecraft! Therefore you can't take what I said seriously because I added in Minecraft at the end."

That case is an example of that scenario except in this case the person got charged even though they had In Minecraft in their post.

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u/Derangutan 11h ago

And will most likely be thrown out in court.. beyond reasonable doubt and all that.

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u/greg19735 8h ago

That's not how "beyond reasonable doubt" works though.

saying "I meant it on minecraft" is the same as just saying you're innocent. Doesn't mean you are.

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u/goldcakes 2h ago

No shit lol. "I'm going to blow up the base with TNT in Minecraft" is obviously one thing, adding "in Minecraft" in the end is another.

One time I had a flight cancellation and long layover, and the only game I had installed was CS1.6. So I hooked up to the free airport wifi, plugged in my headphones and mouse, and started playing some de_dust.

It took about 10 minutes before a police officer kindly pointed out that my speakers were also on, and I have been playing "BOMB PLANTED!" and "TERRORISTS WIN!" in an airport terminal. Didn't get searched or anything, just told to turn my speakers off lol.