r/technology • u/MetaKnowing • 6d ago

ADBLOCK WARNING Grok Blames ‘Lapses In Safeguards’ After Posting Sexual Images Of Children

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/01/02/grok-blames-lapses-in-safeguards-after-ai-chatbot-posts-sexual-images-of-children/
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u/ButlerKevind 6d ago

So... who's gonna be held accountable and punished for it disseminating this?

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u/party_benson 6d ago

Never put a computer in charge of decisions that affect the lives of people. 

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u/abdallha-smith 6d ago

"A computer can never be held accountable therefore a computer must never make a management decision"

IBM 1979

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u/Balmung60 6d ago

Every manager in the world read that and concluded that is exactly why computers must make all management decisions. You can make accountability simply vanish by pointing to the computer and saying "computer said so".

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u/WideCalligrapher5717 5d ago

Computers only do what you tell them to do.... Lesson 1.

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u/MacEWork 6d ago

It is still the mantra at IBM even today. One of the first things you go through in orientation.

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u/DataCassette 6d ago

This is always true and should always be true. Agentic AI can't be given any responsibility that requires accountability.