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usonian

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53. It's SOFTWARE. What could possibly go wrong? Businesses rely on it. Chatbots rule the internet.

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 02:27 PM

Jul 2025

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When the algorithm encourages you to commit suicide
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-11-20/when-the-algorithm-encourages-you-to-commit-suicide.html

When a Man’s AI Girlfriend Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Its Creator Says It Was Working as Intended
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Man ends his life after an AI chatbot 'encouraged' him to sacrifice himself to stop climate change
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An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges
https://apnews.com/article/chatbot-ai-lawsuit-suicide-teen-artificial-intelligence-9d48adc572100822fdbc3c90d1456bd0

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The scariest thing about AI yet. [View all] LAS14 Jun 2025 OP

Chucky, comes to mind. Sequoia Jun 2025 #1

Older Twilight Zone fans might remember Talky Tina... Buns_of_Fire Jun 2025 #26

I had a Chatty Cathy, pull the spring Sequoia Jul 2025 #48

Too Late? OC375 Jun 2025 #2

It's NEVER too late to change things for the better unless you cave, decide it's too late - or, even worse, highplainsdem Jun 2025 #5

Never too Late OC375 Jun 2025 #8

It's important to keep fighting anyway, especially with generative AI, because there's never been a highplainsdem Jun 2025 #10

You often chide others about defeatism and hand out scarlet letters to the "complicit" TheProle Jun 2025 #23

Educate people. Explain what's wrong with genAI. Don't assume they know. highplainsdem Jun 2025 #30

I appreciate you replying TheProle Jun 2025 #31

You deserved a serious reply. And I consider genAI a serious threat, but I don't know of any easy or highplainsdem Jun 2025 #33

Your last point is the crux of the matter TheProle Jun 2025 #35

The Palantir Edition? Pachamama Jun 2025 #3

What are you referring to by "The Palntir Edition?" LAS14 Jun 2025 #16

Palantirs were magical devices in Lord Of The Rings, and Peter Thiel named a tech company Palantir. highplainsdem Jun 2025 #19

How come Google didn't spot the Wiki article? It usually does. nt LAS14 Jun 2025 #20

Google AI overviews make a lot of mistakes, and Google search results in general aren't as good as highplainsdem Jun 2025 #21

Palantir was the seeing orb thing from the lord of the rings books fujiyamasan Jun 2025 #29

Not just defense contracts TommyT139 Jul 2025 #51

Free Easy Reporting Module for first 10,000 buyers! Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #49

A creative evil promotional idea.... Pachamama Jul 2025 #50

Making money and having fun is what MAGA is all about... Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #52

It's like being afraid of fire ThreeNoSeep Jun 2025 #4

This... Also like fearing calculators coming for your slide rule ca. 1975 JCMach1 Jun 2025 #9

You should learn more about AI, instead of having it research and write for you, as you've mentioned highplainsdem Jun 2025 #11

Objectively, i agree. Volaris Jun 2025 #37

There are lots of scary things about genAI - that's definitely one - and no good uses for it that come highplainsdem Jun 2025 #6

Recovering Luddite here ... Mossfern Jun 2025 #7

Opposite. Creatives are the new commodity and stem JCMach1 Jun 2025 #12

There's nothing at all creative about having a genAI tool, trained illegally on all the IP the AI company highplainsdem Jun 2025 #14

There are already a number of studies showing that genAI, besides providing errors and highplainsdem Jun 2025 #15

Two things ThreeNoSeep Jun 2025 #39

AI may be a great tool Mossfern Jun 2025 #45

nobody here going to take up the particular issue stopdiggin Jun 2025 #13

Thank you!!!! nt LAS14 Jun 2025 #17

I've been posting about genAI here for 2-1/2 years, and posted about the Mattel/OpenAI partnership highplainsdem Jun 2025 #18

It's truly depressing and scary. LAS14 Jun 2025 #22

we are already encountering stories of full fledged adults stopdiggin Jun 2025 #24

Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson ThreeNoSeep Jun 2025 #41

I'm a long way from a Luddite (about AI - or much of anything else) stopdiggin Jun 2025 #44

AI + profiling is the Matrix. BadgerKid Jun 2025 #25

Like it or not ..... anciano Jun 2025 #27

Resistance is futile! dpibel Jun 2025 #28

I spend quite a bit of time "conversing" with Gemini Pro. WarGamer Jun 2025 #32

Gemini Pro, like all genAI, hallucinates, and unless you're already an expert on the topics you ask highplainsdem Jun 2025 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jun 2025 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jun 2025 #38

I think hallucination is not uncommon. That said, the vast majority has good validity. David__77 Jun 2025 #43

Have you compared it to ChatGPT especially 4o and later? fujiyamasan Jul 2025 #57

Start the mind control early. tinrobot Jun 2025 #40

I think it is much more likely that it will enhance people's ability to communicate. David__77 Jun 2025 #42

Ray Bradbury would run with this. Kid Berwyn Jun 2025 #46

I see a day when real human interaction will become a valuable commodity. LAS14 Jun 2025 #47

Thank you Lifeafter70 Jul 2025 #54

It's SOFTWARE. What could possibly go wrong? Businesses rely on it. Chatbots rule the internet. usonian Jul 2025 #53

My daughter-in-law witnessed such a suicidal death in her ICU. LAS14 Jul 2025 #55

It's not like a book, a movie, a website ... it's already EVERYWHERE. usonian Jul 2025 #56