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'ChatGPT made me do it': Suspected thief blames AI for elaborate scheme to get police attention
(koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
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The furniture made me do it!
“Video games made me do it.”
The platypus made me do it.
That's a strange set of circumstances.
I'd agree, but the platypus won't let me.
The devil made me do it
Ok but the FBI literally entraps people all the time. How is it substantially different if instead of a guy being paid to try to get you to shoot up a church or synagogue its like a chatbot agent telling you to steal cards?
yes, that furniture right there, the one covered in skin with a creepy animatronic face (like a furby) that whispers to me in the night made me do it