Comment on Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion

NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, what was he wearing, right?

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  • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Huh?

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    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How do we know this didn’t start off with prompts about creating a book, or asking about exciting things in life, or I don’t know what.

      you’re blaming the victim. stop. why simp for one of the largest companies in the world?

      jfc

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      • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Oh so stupid shit. Figures.

        Yes I am interested in how this happened. In a murder do you not investigate it?

        What the fuck.

        Google can go fuck themselves.

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• man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I was thinking the same thing, like what is the flow of the chat to get it to this point?

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  • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I am also curious how the father saw the Gemini chats. Was it still on the screen days later? I am trying to imagine how that would work, my computer would lock and that would be that. Do kids give their parents passwords and their screen unlock codes?

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    • tamal3@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t lock my personal computer. It’s my husband & me at home, and he’s fine to use my device (even though he normally wouldn’t).

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      • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah it definitely does save conversations. Perhaps he did leave it unlocked. I do find that strange though, particularly if one was getting increasingly paranoid.

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• throws_lemy@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

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  • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This was a different case. That doesn’t answer my question.

    To comment on what you said, how is it people can argue all day long like morons and dig into their beliefs, but somehow AI manages to change peoples minds and get them to think differently? What exactly is it doing?

    It is so hard to believe people are this stupid, but then again, looking at most people I guess it isn’t that shocking.

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