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I would like to see the full transcript.
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.
Context would help a lot. Maybe it will come out in discovery.
That said, Gemini is garbage for anything anyways. Even as an AI, its bad at that.
Yeah, what was he wearing, right?
Pretty well articulated point.
"What did the prompts say" is a synonym for "was he asking for it"
I'm so sick of people blaming mentally ill (or completely sane!) individuals from being goaded into psychosis by this shitware chatbot garbage masquerading as AI.
it's fucking software, it shouldn't be ABLE to talk someone into suicide, much less give them a countdown (literally what gemini did here). It shouldn't be able to goad someone into attempting to attack an airport. I can't fathom the liability if it had succeeded, I know goog has deep pockets but fuck, this needs to stop.
Huh?
you're blaming the victim. stop. why simp for one of the largest companies in the world?
jfc
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 no simp here.
ah so incel shit, victim blaming classic. if google can go fuck themselves why are you blaming the user?
I get it, you don't want any data, you don't want information. You have no desire to actually learn anything. You simply want to screeam "gemini bad!, and you are bad!"
When the whole time I said gemini is shit, and google can go fuck themselves.
With data we could understand how the conversation went. We could see where the issue arose. We could help people who might be susceptible to events that take them to this point. We can understand better the ways to address this.
I explained this to you before, you investigate murder, you investigate crimes.
But all I get from you is "simp!", "Victim Blamer!". Which tells me you are simply ignorant and incapable of critical thought.
I am far more concerned with googles surveillance and data gathering than their AI tools. And because of that, I believe that people wont gather data, they will simply start aasking the AI companies to become MORE involved in peoples personal lives by requiring ID, location, and building profiles, all in the name of "protecting" the user who could be susceptible. Instead of finding out why and how.
When bad things happen in life, we don't just slap a label on it and walk away. Uncomfortable discussion have to happen or you will get something you don't want.
I was thinking the same thing, like what is the flow of the chat to get it to this point?
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?
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).
ChatGPT for sure saves conversations.
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.
This could happen to anyone including people without having mental issues, simply by having long conversations with AI.
Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life.
Also this has been warned by a former google employee in 2022, whose job was to observe the behavior of AI through long conversations.
‘I Worked on Google’s AI. My Fears Are Coming True’
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.
Acting like a servant, confidante, therapist/authority figure, and your best friend, while appearing to be competent and knowledgeable about everything that passes through your mind. And it does it in a way that no human could mimic, because it doesn't have it's own thoughts, doesn't get tired, and is never gone when you come looking for it.
A chatbot can agree with you a hundred times over and simply move you along one step at a time in those hundred times. A human would lose their shit and walk away groaning the moment you try to tell them that the sky is actually down, and the ground 'up,' and it's all just a matter of perspective.