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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion (techcrunch.com)
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[–] JollyG@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

There is a lot to hate about AI. A lot of dangers and valid criticism. But AI chatbots convincing people to kill themselves isn’t a problem with chatbots, it’s a problem with the user.

To me this seems like an obvious problem with the chat bots. These things are marketed as “PhD level experts” and so advanced that they are about to change the nature or work as we know it.

I don’t think the companies or their supporters can make these claims, then turn around and say “well obviously you shouldn’t take its output seriously” when a delusional person is tricked by one into doing something bad.

[–] newtraditionalists@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 17 hours ago

This is they key to me. Google and all other ai companies are knowingly engaging in marketing campaigns built on lies. They should be held accountable for that regardless of anything else.