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[–] vane@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Hypochondriac approves. They will be sick with every disease chatgpt can find.

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 84 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This will kill people I guarantee it

[–] red_tomato@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago

And OpenAI will take zero accountability

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Since ChatGPT already does, why not?

Like, if a person did this kind of bullshit, they'd be put in jail. When Sam Altman does it, it's a technological marvel.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Videos got too long. Im not short attention spanning for shorts but like a half hour is insane, I miss 7-12 minute videos.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 1 points 13 hours ago

Well, the short of it is; ChatGPT fed a man's delusions of being targetted by them, and surviving multiple imagined assassination attempts, even pointing the finger to the man's own mother, culminating in a murder-suicide.

It's not the only time ChatGPT has coaxed someone into killing someone else either, the video brings up another example.

Nor is it the only time ChatGPT has coaxed someone into suicide. Wikipedia has started collating a list on the subject!

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 50 points 1 day ago

Absolutely fucking not. I don’t need a sycophantic hallucinatory robot telling me to drink bleach to cure my athlete’s foot.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 10 points 23 hours ago

Holy shit no

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 2 points 17 hours ago

For what purpose? Eugenics?

[–] Sauvandu60@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Simply entrust your most sensitive health data to a for-profit AI company" - what could possibly go wrong?

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 3 points 23 hours ago

A for profit AI company that doesn’t turn a profit.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago
[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 day ago

Tech companies forgot what liability is, and given the lawyers they employ I assume they did the cost benefit analysis first.

[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

There is literally no way they will be able to prevent that from breaking the law.

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 8 points 1 day ago

LOLOLLOLOLOLOOL
LOLLOL
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Nah.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 points 1 day ago

give us your data give us your data give us your data

[–] Beersux1516@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

With my whole chest absolutely the fuck not.

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Fuck every single thing about this.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

I have a better idea: asking medical advice from 4chan. It's typically "you got AIDS, chop your dick off".

...of course I'm joking. Serious now, even if everything goes well (and you don't die because of the medical "advice" from the bot output), this is still a shitty idea. Medical records are private matter, "Open" "A" "I" gives no fucks about your privacy, they will sell your data to advertisers and governments.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 4 points 1 day ago

That's gonna be a no from me, dawg.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right after I finish connecting my bank account to North Korea.

[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

probably more profitable

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do I get an option of lube before I bend over and take it in the ass?

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Only in the premium plans.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

🤣🤣🤣😭