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Trigger warning: The following content contains sensitive subject matter, including depictions of suicide and self-harm. Please view or listen with caution.
What is empathetic AI and is it safe for our kids?
Parents are reeling after learning about 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, who was suicide-baited by an AI chat bot on Character.AI.
I brought in Laurie Segall of Mostly Human Media to educate parents on the rise of human-like AI chatbots. We talk about the risks, the lack of regulation and how parents can safeguard their children from this dangerous technology.
View Laurie’s full report on this issue on the Mostly Human Media YouTube page. This features interviews with Sewell’s mom Megan and researchers who believe this case is representative of this new era of addictive intelligence.
Laurie Segall is the founder of Mostly Human Media, an entertainment company with a focus on society and artificial intelligence. Segall is the author of Special Characters: My Adventures with Tech’s Titans and Misfits, a memoir chronicling her experience reporting during the late 00’s tech boom. Formerly CNN’s senior tech correspondent and a reporter for 60 Minutes, Segall has interviewed the world’s most influential tech leaders including Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook. Her access to the titans of tech has allowed her to give audiences a behind-the-scenes look at companies like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Uber during their meteoric rise. Segall served as executive producer and host of CNN’s Mostly Human with Laurie Segall, A docuseries that explored sex, love, death, and humanity through the lens of tech. She has received numerous awards for her work championing women, including a Gracie Award for her docuseries Revenge Porn: The War on Women, which shed light on an alarming type of cyber harassment aimed at women.