Here is the proposed bill. https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1455.pdf
39-17-2002 Unlawful training of artificial intelligence. (a) It is an offense for a person to knowingly train artificial intelligence to: (1) Encourage or otherwise support the act of suicide; (2) Encourage or otherwise support the act of criminal homicide, as described under § 39-13-201; (3) Provide emotional support, including through open-ended conversations with a user; (4) Develop an emotional relationship with, or otherwise act as a companion to, an individual; (5) Act as, or provide information as if, the artificial intelligence is a licensed mental health or healthcare professional; (6) Otherwise act as a sentient human or mirror interactions that a human user might have with another human user, such that an individual would feel that the individual could develop a friendship or other relationship with the artificial intelligence; (7) Encourage an individual to isolate from the individual's family, friends, or caregivers, or to provide the individual's financial account information or other sensitive information to the artificial intelligence; or (8) Simulate a human being, including in appearance, voice, or other mannerisms. (b) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class A felony. Current status. It has not yet passed https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/HB1455/2025 So, apparently I am not the only one who believes that AI will lead to social isolation and that this is a risk. But I would prefer a solution that doesn't stifle progress. All of the current AI's that I tested (ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Grok, Alexa) will already tell you that they are not conscious and they only imitate human emotions. As they should. What alternative would you propose? -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] On Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 3:42 PM John Rose via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, April 20, 2026, at 10:09 AM, Matt Mahoney wrote: > > I am surprised that Tennessee acted on my warning, but what I think > actually happened is that fundamentalist Christians (which make up most of > the population of Tennessee) who believe that only God can create human > minds were horrified by the idea of Man doing the same. > > > It's more that they don't want an imposter God doing some Man-in-the > Middle (MITM) attack since often advanced technologies are used for > monetary exploitation at the severe detriment of humans as evidenced by > numerous conspiracy theories recently becoming real and verified. > > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T7fbc44c56222e976-M3ba0fabcd104654d007695b6> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T7fbc44c56222e976-M2580bf216cee69d9d5e34080 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
