Vitamin order turns out to be poppers, and it can't be cancelled
An order for vitamins ends up being poppers and cannot be cancelled. The mix-up exposes the legal grey area of these substances and ChatGPT's attitude towards them.
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A mistaken order reveals the legal grey area of poppers
A mistaken order has brought an uncomfortable reality to light: on the same website where you can buy B vitamins and probiotics, poppers are also sold. The buyer, who says he pressed the wrong button, cannot cancel the purchase and antiestéticars that the delivery driver, the building's doorman or any neighbour might pass judgement on the contents of the parcel.
The episode reopens a recurring debate: to what extent is the sale of poppers legal in Spain? The answer is uncomfortable: they are not a medicine, but neither are they on the list of banned substances. They exist in a regulatory grey area that allows certain online shops to sell them with very little oversight.
ChatGPT's inconsistency with substances
There is one detail worth noting. The buyer points out that ChatGPT, when asked for help finding this type of product, refuses when it comes to websites for other substances but makes suggestions when it comes to poppers. That inconsistency in the criteria of artificial intelligences is an issue worth keeping an eye on.
The debate hits a dead end: nobody explains whether the problem is legal, ethical or simply aesthetic. Meanwhile, the parcel is still in transit.
A mistaken order has brought an uncomfortable reality to light: on the same website where you can buy B vitamins and probiotics, poppers are also sold. The buyer, who says he pressed the wrong button, cannot cancel the purchase and antiestéticars that the delivery driver, the building's doorman or any neighbour might pass judgement on the contents of the parcel.
The episode reopens a recurring debate: to what extent is the sale of poppers legal in Spain? The answer is uncomfortable: they are not a medicine, but neither are they on the list of banned substances. They exist in a regulatory grey area that allows certain online shops to sell them with very little oversight.
ChatGPT's inconsistency with substances
There is one detail worth noting. The buyer points out that ChatGPT, when asked for help finding this type of product, refuses when it comes to websites for other substances but makes suggestions when it comes to poppers. That inconsistency in the criteria of artificial intelligences is an issue worth keeping an eye on.
The debate hits a dead end: nobody explains whether the problem is legal, ethical or simply aesthetic. Meanwhile, the parcel is still in transit.
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