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OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly (techcrunch.com)
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[โ€“] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

You think a quarter of people are suidical or contemplating it to the point of talking about it with an AI?

[โ€“] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 22 hours ago

Yeah seems like everyone is constantly talking about suicide its very normalised. You dont really find people these days who havent contemplated suicide.

I would guess all or even most of the people talking about suicide with an AI arent serious. Heat of the moment venting is what I'd expect most of the ai suicide chats to be. Which is why I thought the amount would be significantly higher.