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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion (techcrunch.com)
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[โ€“] mdhughes@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

He wasn't a fuckwit, he wasn't undisciplined, he wasn't badly parented. This is what happens when a normal Human is exposed to too much chatbot. This can and will happen to you, your "mental defenses" are not sufficient.

If we don't destroy it first, it will destroy us. #butlerianJihad

[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

A little bit alarmist I feel, after all if it was this easy to be affected by AI about half the population would be dead by now, so clearly it's not that simple.