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Having freshly heard the NY Times piece on a recent teen suicide stemming from ChatGPT, I don't think it's wrong to assume that it's playing a large role here a
by Sparkle-san 1y ago
Having freshly heard the NY Times piece on a recent teen suicide stemming from ChatGPT, I don't think it's wrong to assume that it's playing a large role here as what ChatGPT did in this instance was egregious. Feel free to judge for yourself.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai-suicide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU8.5oD3.IzvYRXj9Z-Ep&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai...
- DaSHacka 1y ago[flagged]
- thinkingtoilet 1y agoYeah! That will show all those people with serious mental health problems!
- DaSHacka 1y agoI mean, natural selection?
- Sparkle-san 1y agoWe have existing precedent that encouraging someone to kill themselves can result in you being criminally responsible. Is software doing its best to be human that different? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Conrad_Roy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Conrad_Roy