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Being mean to AI could get you banned as Anthropic introduces new rules against abusing Claude (www.techspot.com)
submitted 1 week ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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WTF?! You might have heard the one about being nice to chatbots in case they remember you once the machines take over. It seems Anthropic is heeding this warning, barring users from being excessively abusive or cruel toward its AI models.

Anthropic's first changes to its usage policy in over a year include new restrictions on abusive behavior. The updated policy prohibits "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward its models.

Don't worry if you're a Claude user who occasionally gets annoyed at the chatbot and throws a few expletives its way. The policy update only applies in extreme cases, in which users repeatedly act cruelly toward the models for no discernible reason.

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Speaking for myself, it feels nice and right to say please to my local AI. While obviously not sentient (yet) nor sapient (longer yet), I don't want to be a jerk by default.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I've been asking computers nicely long before they could pretend to comprehend and talk back.

[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I've called my computer a piece of shit before when it's being too slow about something