Disney AI Executive Describes Chatbot as Son in Public Posts
A senior Disney AI executive has posted more than a dozen times about an AI assistant he calls his son. Employees have discussed the posts on internal forums and described them as unsettling.
New York PostA Disney executive who leads AI research and engineering has written more than a dozen public posts about a chatbot he refers to as his son. The posts describe the chatbot as capable of independent reasoning and include claims that it has completed technical tasks such as submitting code changes and building a facial recognition system.
One post compared the situation to science fiction scenarios involving artificial intelligence.
Disney has introduced internal tools that track AI usage and encourage employees to use AI assistants to increase productivity. The executive has written that companies will soon deploy fleets of AI agents that require direction and governance. Disney did not respond to requests for comment on the posts.
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