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Right, s/AI\ Chatbot/Bible/ People with mental health problems are always going to find something to latch on to. It doesn't mean we should start labeling thin

• lioeters 1y ago
  What about Scientology, Hare Krishnas, or that murder cult recently in the news? Somewhere there's a line of ethics and social responsibility to protect vulnerable people from these misleading paths? ..Or not, maybe. People should have the freedom of thought and religion, even if it's crazy to outsiders.
  • andy99 1y ago
    If a cult is preying on people, I'm against that, whether it's a chatbot that's central to their doctrine or some science fiction story or whatever.
  • krapp 1y ago
    Mainstream religions have misled and killed more people than the Zizians, Scientologists and Hare Krisnhas ever have. It's no more crazy to kill in the name of Roko's Basilisk than it is to crusade in the name of the Abrahamic God, it's just more socially acceptable. You can't draw a line with ideology within some systemic, coercive framework (government censorship) because the ideologies supported by governments and powerful interests will always be allowed, and the ideologies they oppose will always be suppressed, regardless of how poisonous they may be. I'm not advocating absolute free speech here, but I do believe the proper layer for criticism and censorship (if it has to be called that) is at the level of societies and platforms, and only government in extreme cases (such as libel, false advertising and violent threats.) But that means pushing against misinformation and apathy is always going to be a messy affair.
• bevr1337 1y ago
  Why not? Why would we treat mental health as separate from physical and cultural health? Society should have a moral obligation for the health of its members.