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It's interesting to see so many people convinced it's related to their specific media they saw (all unique from each other). I think this is more indicative that the issue is just well known and this is a response to the issue at large rather than a specific instance.


Having freshly heard the NY Times piece on a recent teen suicide stemming from ChatGPT, I don't think it's wrong to assume that it's playing a large role here as what ChatGPT did in this instance was egregious. Feel free to judge for yourself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai...


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We have existing precedent that encouraging someone to kill themselves can result in you being criminally responsible. Is software doing its best to be human that different?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Conrad_Roy


Yeah! That will show all those people with serious mental health problems!


I mean, natural selection?




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