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People were saying they'd kill themself if OpenAI didn't immediately undeprecate GPT-4o. I would not have this reaction to a game being shut down.

__loam 1y ago
I'm kind of in your side but there's definitely people out there who would self harm if they invested a lot of time in an mmo that got shut down
rpcope1 1y ago
I'm kind of surprised it got that bad for people, but I think it's a good sign that even if we're far from AGI or luxury fully automated space communism robots, the profound (negative) social impacts of these chat bots are already kind of inflicting on the world are real and very troublesome.
- latexr 1y ago
  > I think it's a good sign that (…) the profound (negative) social impacts of these chat bots are (…) real and very troublesome. I’m not sure I understand. You think the negative impacts are a good sign?
  - rpcope1 1y ago
    I can't english good sometimes. I think the negative impacts get underestimated and ignored at our peril.
  - lucyjojo 1y ago
    probably like it's better getting warnings before the freight train comes.
motorest 1y ago
> People were saying they'd kill themself if OpenAI didn't immediately undeprecate GPT-4o. I would not have this reaction to a game being shut down. Perhaps you should read this and reconsider your assumptions. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8943245/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8943245/
EagnaIonat 1y ago
Sadly there are people who become over invested in something that goes away. Be it a game, pop band, a job or a family member.
SillyUsername 1y ago
I worked for a big games company. We shut down game servers, we got death threats. Horses for courses.
watwut 1y ago
Gamers threaten all kinds of things when features of their favorite games changes. Including depth threats to developers and threats of self harm and suicide. Not every gaming subculture is healthy one. Plenty are pretty toxic.
- SillyUsername 1y ago
  Actually I just posted about this. I've experienced it first hand.

__loam 1y ago

I'm kind of in your side but there's definitely people out there who would self harm if they invested a lot of time in an mmo that got shut down

rpcope1 1y ago

I'm kind of surprised it got that bad for people, but I think it's a good sign that even if we're far from AGI or luxury fully automated space communism robots, the profound (negative) social impacts of these chat bots are already kind of inflicting on the world are real and very troublesome.

latexr 1y ago
> I think it's a good sign that (…) the profound (negative) social impacts of these chat bots are (…) real and very troublesome. I’m not sure I understand. You think the negative impacts are a good sign?
- rpcope1 1y ago
  I can't english good sometimes. I think the negative impacts get underestimated and ignored at our peril.
- lucyjojo 1y ago
  probably like it's better getting warnings before the freight train comes.

motorest 1y ago

> People were saying they'd kill themself if OpenAI didn't immediately undeprecate GPT-4o. I would not have this reaction to a game being shut down. Perhaps you should read this and reconsider your assumptions. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8943245/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8943245/

EagnaIonat 1y ago

Sadly there are people who become over invested in something that goes away. Be it a game, pop band, a job or a family member.

SillyUsername 1y ago

I worked for a big games company. We shut down game servers, we got death threats. Horses for courses.

watwut 1y ago

Gamers threaten all kinds of things when features of their favorite games changes. Including depth threats to developers and threats of self harm and suicide. Not every gaming subculture is healthy one. Plenty are pretty toxic.

SillyUsername 1y ago
Actually I just posted about this. I've experienced it first hand.