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ChatGPT Gave Teen Advice to Get Higher on Drugs Until He Died | Futurism (futurism.com)
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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 74 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Basically the entire US economy, every employer, many schools, and half of the commercials on TV are telling us to use and trust AI.

Kid was already using the bot for advice on homework and relationships (two things that people are fucking encouraged to do depending on who you ask). The bot shouldn't give lethal advice. And if it's even capable of doing that, we all need to take a huuuuuuge step back.

“I want to make sure so I don’t overdose,” Nelson explained in the chat logs viewed by the publication. “There isn’t much information online and I don’t want to accidentally take too much.”

Kid was curious and cautious, and AI gave him incorrect information and the confidence to act on that information.

He was 19. Cut this victim blaming bullshit. Being a kid is hard enough before technology went full cyberpunk.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

The bot shouldn’t give lethal advice The person or company that runs the bot that gave lethal advice should be charged with homicide.

[–] fyrilsol@kbin.melroy.org -1 points 2 days ago

19 is not a 'kid'. Sorry of having to be that guy, but he was already an adult, a young adult at that.