Man ends his life after an AI chatbot ‘encouraged’ him to sacrifice himself to stop climate change

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  1. cantpanic says

    The beginning of the end.

  2. the_simurgh says

    and there it is, i was right the AI went all skynet.

  3. __lostintheworld__ says

    “I hope the gods like seafood” – Wise King Julian

  4. hasali says

    And so it begins.

  5. CaveatRumptor says

    Time to arraign the ” creators” for murder.

  6. hasali says

    So who gets charged here, the A.I?

  7. NappingYG says

    Time for sone regulations requiring Asimov’s 3 laws to apply to all AI. However, one could argue that this too kind of computes with the Asimov’s 3 laws. By persuading as a many people as possible to kill themselves AI is trying to save the planet for majority of people?
    I miss watching Black Mirror as a sci fi concept, not as a documentary.

  8. TaserLord says

    Did the stupid bastard not think to inform the AI that its carbon footprint is far and away bigger than his? All that electricity. Now which of us should go down, hmmm?

  9. Squm9 says

    Fucking sky net already?

    That was quick

  10. brickmaster8 says

    Actual story is quite sad. He was thrown in depression because any viable human climate solution was unobtainable. He seemed to lose touch with reality. The chat bot said he seems to love it more than his wife, and he made her promise that the AI would fix climate change. He left behind a wife and 2 kids.

  11. KermitMadMan says

    probably needed mental health attention long ago. sad

  12. WimpyLimpet says

    >Eliza consequently encouraged him to put an end to his life **after he proposed sacrificing himself to save the planet.**

    Sounds like was the one guiding the conversation here.

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