I hope that’s true, the article doesn’t mention anything about that. I’m just concerned that he was able to send up to 650 messages/day. Those are long sessions, and indicative that he likely didn’t have a lot going on.

I definitely agree that the public needs to be more informed about LLMs, I’m just pushing back against the apparent knee-jerk assignment of blame onto LLMs. It did provide suicide support info as it should, and I don’t think providing it more frequently would’ve helped here. The real issue is the kid attributed more meaning to it than it deserved, which is unfortunately common. That should be something the parents and therapist cover, especially in cases like this where the kid is desperate for help.