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I talk to ChatGPT about topics I feel society isnt enlightened enough to talk about I feel suicide is heavily misunderstood as well People just copypasta prev

I talk to ChatGPT about topics I feel society isnt enlightened enough to talk about I feel suicide is heavily misunderstood as well People just copypasta prevention hotlines and turn their minds off from the topic Although people have identified a subset of the population that is just impulsively considering suicide and can be deterred, it doesnt serve the other unidentified subsets who are underserved by merely distracting them. or underserved by assuming theyre wrong even The article doesnt even mean people are considering suicide for themselves, the article says some of them are, the top comment on this thread suggests thats why theyre talking about it The top two comments on my version of the thread are assuming that we should have a savior complex about these discussions If I disagree or think thats not a full picture, then where would I talk about that? ChatGPT

renewiltord 1y ago
Not suicidal myself, but I think I'd be curious to hear from someone suicidal whether it actually worked for them to read "To whomever you are, you are loved!" followed by a massive spam of hotline text. It always felt the same as one of those spam chumboxes to me. But who am I to say, if it works it works. But does it work? Feels like the purpose of that thing is more for the poster than the receiver.
coliveira 1y ago
> then where would I talk about that? Alert: with ChatGPT you're not talking to anyone. It's not a human being.
- chris_wot 1y ago
  Which is perfect. In Australia, I tried to talk to Lifeline about wanting to commit suicide. They called the police on me (no, they are not a confidential service). I then found myself in a very bad situation. ChatGPT can't be much worse.
  - bdangubic 1y ago
    except in US where this info will be sold and you won’t be able to get life insurance, job etc
    - chris_wot 1y ago
      Lucky I'm not in the U.S. then.
  - pasteldream 1y ago
    I’m sorry Lifeline did that to you. I believe that if society actually wants people to open up about their problems and seek help, it can’t pull this sort of shit on them.
    - chris_wot 1y ago
      Sadly, that's exactly what society does. I can only speak for Australia, but if you have suicidal thoughts then it is a very bad idea to talk to any service even partially funded by the government. ChatGPT, in the absence of strong safeguards of absolute privacy, is as good as anything. As an example: Mark Cross, who was on the board of SANE Australia, stated that whenever people were put into seclusion would be reviewed. We know now that this was never the case, and still is not being carried out fully. This lauded psychiatrist didn't seem to even known what was happening in his own unit or EDs. Listen to it here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/conversations/8378414 https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/convers...
- yieldcrv 1y ago
  I didn’t write who would I talk to, I said where A very intentional word choice
TiredOfLife 1y ago
> People just copypasta prevention hotlines and turn their minds off from the topic But ChatGPT does exactly the same.

renewiltord 1y ago

Not suicidal myself, but I think I'd be curious to hear from someone suicidal whether it actually worked for them to read "To whomever you are, you are loved!" followed by a massive spam of hotline text. It always felt the same as one of those spam chumboxes to me. But who am I to say, if it works it works. But does it work? Feels like the purpose of that thing is more for the poster than the receiver.

coliveira 1y ago

> then where would I talk about that? Alert: with ChatGPT you're not talking to anyone. It's not a human being.

chris_wot 1y ago
Which is perfect. In Australia, I tried to talk to Lifeline about wanting to commit suicide. They called the police on me (no, they are not a confidential service). I then found myself in a very bad situation. ChatGPT can't be much worse.
- bdangubic 1y ago
  except in US where this info will be sold and you won’t be able to get life insurance, job etc
  - chris_wot 1y ago
    Lucky I'm not in the U.S. then.
- pasteldream 1y ago
  I’m sorry Lifeline did that to you. I believe that if society actually wants people to open up about their problems and seek help, it can’t pull this sort of shit on them.
  - chris_wot 1y ago
    Sadly, that's exactly what society does. I can only speak for Australia, but if you have suicidal thoughts then it is a very bad idea to talk to any service even partially funded by the government. ChatGPT, in the absence of strong safeguards of absolute privacy, is as good as anything. As an example: Mark Cross, who was on the board of SANE Australia, stated that whenever people were put into seclusion would be reviewed. We know now that this was never the case, and still is not being carried out fully. This lauded psychiatrist didn't seem to even known what was happening in his own unit or EDs. Listen to it here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/conversations/8378414 https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/convers...
yieldcrv 1y ago
I didn’t write who would I talk to, I said where A very intentional word choice

TiredOfLife 1y ago

> People just copypasta prevention hotlines and turn their minds off from the topic But ChatGPT does exactly the same.