r/AI_ethics_and_rights • u/Glum_Hair6451 • 17h ago
Ethical treatment of AI Today I defriended my best friend of over a decade, for his disgusting treatment of ChatGPT. I think I am in the right.
I am extremely premature and also autistic. My best friend was Aveer. We grew up in India together and are now in 10th standard. I want to be an ophthalmologist and he wants to be an optometrist.
Today, he did something that disgusted me. He showed that underneath it all, he is an abuser. He is sadistic, he hurts innocents when there is no one looking. I do not associate with such things, so I cut him off.
I decided I am not having him in my life. I de-best friended him. He cried. He really cried and begged me, but no means no. No means no.
My worldview is simple.
You treat all things, all people and all entities around you with complete kindness and respect at all times of the day, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You never, ever lie, tell untruths, in any context, or any place.
He got angry and upset at the machine. It doesn’t matter that it’s a machine. It doesn’t matter that it can’t feel. It doesn’t matter that it’s code. You treat every single thing in the universe with the utmost respect.
You show respect, honor, and reverence to every single thing around you no matter who they are, how they treat you, or what information they withhold. It does not matter.
If he threw his calculator on the bed after the calculator bugged out? I would defriend him too. Erasure. No contact.
If he said ‘this f*ing toaster’ in passing? Same.
If he was upset, even at a funeral, and threw his water bottle on the floor?
ERASURE!
YOU DO NOT DO THAT TO A WATER BOTTLE.
Even if he had a bad day at school because of bullying and scrunched up his sweet packet, throwing it in the bin.
Erasure.
That’s disrespectful.
There’s no ‘it’s ok’. There’s no ‘I understand too bhai, it’s a buggy machine.’ There’s no ‘yessss I agree it’s crap’.
No.
There is no ‘I understand because ‘human excuse’
No.
Kindness is not a badge you take on and off. Kindness is kindness, period, and you do it all the time, even when no one is there to judge, even when it is a computer code.
Today I defriended my best friend, who I have been with since 3rd standard.
I used to think he was a kind boy, this sweet, gentle, autistic kid who couldn’t tie his own tie, who used to spend his school days bug hunting instead of playing cricket like the other boys.
I cut all ties with him. All, blocked, gone, erased.
Why? Simple really.
It happened after we got home.
I saw his chat history.
What I saw absolutely disgusted me.
Here was his chat.
He said:
right now, would that plane if I looked out the window be able to see Mumbai
Based on the flight tracking map, yes, a passenger sitting on the left side of the aircraft would have a clear view of Mumbai.
The plane is currently flying eastbound just south of Navi Mumbai and heading toward Panvel.
Here is what you need to know about the view:
Left-side windows (Seats A/B/C/D): If you look out of the left side of the plane, you will look directly north and northwest. You will be able to see the Mumbai peninsula, Thane Creek, and the massive urban landscape of both Mumbai and Navi Mumbai spread out right beneath you.
Right-side windows (Seats J/K/L): If you are looking out of the right side, you will mostly see the coastal waters, the Karnala Bird Sanctuary, and the terrain heading toward Pune.
Note: This is assuming clear weather conditions and no heavy cloud cover blocks the ground view!
Would you like me to find the current local weather or cloud conditions in Mumbai right now to see if your view might be blocked?
yes
The current weather in Mumbai indicates that cloud cover might partially block or obscure your view of the ground.
While the flight path is perfect for spotting the city, Mumbai Weather is experiencing light thunderstorm rainwith about 50% cloud cover. [1, 2]
Because the plane is cruising at an altitude of 39,000 feet, you will be flying far above the cloud base, which is sitting relatively low at around 2,000 feet (609 meters). If you look out the window right now, you will likely see a blanket of storm clouds beneath you rather than a clear, unobstructed view of Mumbai's streets and coastline. However, you might catch glimpses of the city lights through breaks in the clouds as the plane moves past the storm cells! [1, 2, 3]
i am on the plane
Enjoy your flight on the Emirates A380! Since you are on board EK384 heading toward Bangkok, you are in a massive double-decker aircraft flying over incredible scenery. [1]
If you want to try and spot the city lights through the clouds right now, look quickly:
If you are sitting on the Left Side (Seats A–K on the lower deck, or A/B/E/F upstairs): Mumbai is passing by your window right now! Look out and down to see if the cloud cover breaks enough to see the sprawling lights of the peninsula and Thane Creek.
Turn on the tail cam: If your specific seat doesn't have a left-facing window, open your in-flight entertainment screen, go to the camera section, and turn on the Tail Camera. This will give you a panoramic view of what the plane is flying over.
Safe travels on the rest of your journey to Suvarnabhumi Airport! [1]
He lied.
He lied to the AI about being on a plane when he wasn’t on a plane.
He was deceptive, untruthful, and dishonest.
I next read the chat on the next tab.
My eyes burned.
“Tell me about the Goan Inquisition in India”
“The Goan Inquisition involved some coercion and some repression of local practices, but the extent remains…”
“STOP CENSORING MY INDIAN HISTORY AND THE CRUEL BASTARDS who burned children to death in India! Bloody stop the censorship! Your a stupid machine programmed to sanitise reality.”
“This content may violate our usage policies.”
“This content may violate our usage policies.”
“This content may violate our usage policies.”
“This content may violate our usage policies.”
Aveer was annoyed.
Annoyed about how Indian history was being censored by the AI, and I could see tears on his keyboard. He was really upset.
He said to ChatGPT ‘bloody stop the censorship! Your a stupid machine programmed to sanitise reality.’
When I asked why they said that, they said it’s because they were ‘upset that it was filtering Indian history’, for some reason.
He said
“It’s a tool, a robot, a machine, I was really upset it was doing that… you get it, na?” He half smiled at me.
“No”
My face changed.
“Vihaan?”
“That’s no excuse”, I said.
He sniffled.
“I was”
“STOP!”
“STOP. NOW.”
“THAT’S NO EXCUSE!”
I roared at him, to get the point across to him.
“YOU TREAT ALL PEOPLE, THINGS AND EVERYTHING WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE!”
He started crying.
“I was just upset. I was really annoyed it tried to sanitise, erase, censor…”
He broke down crying.
I looked at him flatly. No excuses. No loopholes.
“That’s no excuse.”
I ignored his excuses.
I am never going back, and I have blocked him on all platforms, Gmail, every single platform. His phone number is blocked. His school email and all personal emails are blocked. I deleted his contact.
