Air Canada must pay after chatbot lies to grieving passenger
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Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions

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  • laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Haha, it really did seem like that.

    What you say is reasonable, but that goes beyond a simple “non-human” system, as it can also happen with human beings (e.g. social engineering; didn’t an individual sent 25 million dollars to a scammer a couple of weeks ago?)

    So, should a company honor an absurd offer? Probably not. But the whole pain they get from irate customers will be well-deserved, as it’s their fault for having a flawed solution to a problem that can be solved more effectively: a human operator, or a very good web site search bar.