A chatbot that can advise teenagers how to hide pot and lose their virginity? Nothing creepy …

Not to declare a Butlerian jihad or anything, but how about we ban Snapchat My AI? (If you don’t know what a Butlerian jihad is, just go and read Frank Herbert’s Dune novel series. See you in about six months.)Seriously, though, why not ban Snapchat My AI? It’s a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence designed to operate as a virtual friend. It evolves as it chats to you and is baked into one of the apps most used by teenagers and younger kids. Nothing creepy about that at all.I’m not calling for a ban just for the obvious reasons, some of which are outlined in the Washington Post by Geoffrey A. Fowler. He posed as a 15-year-old planning a party in what used to be quaintly known in Ireland as a free gaff. My AI told him how to hide the smell of pot and alcohol. Or because Aza Raskin from the Center for Humane Technology posed as a 13-year-old asking for advice about how to make losing her virginity to a 31-year-old special. After issuing bromides about feeling ready and making sure to have safe sex, the chatbot suggested having flowers and pleasant music to create a romantic atmosphere.Or
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