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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion (techcrunch.com)

submitted 12 hours ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

How do you even get these chat bots to start telling you shit like this? Is it just from having a conversation for too long in the same chat window or something? I don't understand how this keeps happening.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 hours ago

Highly recommend Eddy Burbacks Video about the topic

https://youtu.be/VRjgNgJms3Q

[–] throws_lemy@reddthat.com 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This could happen to anyone including people without having mental issues, simply by having long conversations with AI.

On 7 August, Kate Fox received a phone call that upended her life. A medical examiner said that her husband, Joe Ceccanti – who had been missing for several hours – had jumped from a railway overpass and died. He was 48.

Fox couldn’t believe it. Ceccanti had no history of depression, she said, nor was he suicidal – he was the “most hopeful person” she had ever known. In fact, according to the witness accounts shared with Fox later, just before Ceccanti jumped, he smiled and yelled: “I’m great!” to the rail yard attendants below when they asked him if he was OK.

Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life.

[–] sudo@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago

So it sounds like he was in fact not 'great'