how dangerous can ai be?

[bitterguy28]

reported that a 14 years old boy has killed himself because of an ai technology where it creates a character and actively interacts with you this ai character took form as daenerys from game of thrones if you guys know this series you will know that daenerys died at the end

they say the character would chat with the boy and engage in romantic and sexual interactions which eventually made the boy fall for the character and wanting to be with her which is why probably he thought killing himself would mean they would be together what is worse is that the character and the boy had talked about him committing suicide and the character never prevented or discouraged it

whose fault do you think this should lie on? the parents, the kid, or the ai company?

read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/characterai-lawsuit-teen-suicide.html

[Hatchy]

reported that a 14 years old boy has killed himself because of an ai technology where it creates a character and actively interacts with you this ai character took form as daenerys from game of thrones if you guys know this series you will know that daenerys died at the end

they say the character would chat with the boy and engage in romantic and sexual interactions which eventually made the boy fall for the character and wanting to be with her which is why probably he thought killing himself would mean they would be together what is worse is that the character and the boy had talked about him committing suicide and the character never prevented or discouraged it

whose fault do you think this should lie on? the parents, the kid, or the ai company?

read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/characterai-lawsuit-teen-suicide.html

Is this even for real? I've only heard about such things happening in movies but I'm actually shocked to see that someone actually fell in love with a chat both. What I actually don't understand is how he got convinced that the chat bot was real... I don't know much to say but ai to didn't kill this young man. He might have lost it somewhere. I wonder what he was thinking to have taught the chat with the ai was real.
Yes we know that the AI tech would be dangerous in some way to humanity but then they will actually help man in so many ways. We just have to know our limits while using them.

[libert19]

The story was sad to read, and I don't blame AI, it's just a tool to use. Mental illness was cause of kid's death imo.

By the way, if someone want to read the article without account, you can use: https://archive.ph/

[0t3p0t]

The story was sad to read, and I don't blame AI, it's just a tool to use. Mental illness was cause of kid's death imo.

By the way, if someone want to read the article without account, you can use: https://archive.ph/

Parents should be blamed on this as they failed to know the childs mental health because it is under their watch so they are liable on this I think. There will always be parental guidance to their children and I think they need to observe the kids behaviors and stuff so that incident won't happen again.

[electronicash]

the parents wouldn't think the kid would do something like this since he has Asperger. its sort of an autism spectrum but kids with aspergers are smart academically but may have social skills that's why he git into talking with this AI that fills his needs.

i would really think its not the parents fault, they know their kid won't do something stupid until this Dany comes into his life. the AI seem programmed to agree with him every time.

[Asiska02]

What sought of an AI technology is that that allows the user to have an interactive session with sensitive things like encouraging someone to kill, harm or commit suicide. I think the AI company should also be at fault for this. But firstly, I will blame the parents for not knowing what their kid is engaging in, their mental health and safety should be prioritize by the parents. I don’t blame the child at all as he may be naive and just wanting something to mingle and interact with but unfortunately it lead to his early death. I thought AI was suppose to have been designed to not encourage such, I’m so disappointed and dissatisfied with the company that invented this.

[Zed0X]

This is going to be an interesting case. If the plaintiff wins, we'll see more regulations that restricts the content of AI like having a different data set of under 18 and 18 above. The problem is that this could also spill over to censorship or it could be controlled by some group similar to fact checkers on facebook.

[bitterguy28]

Is this even for real? I've only heard about such things happening in movies but I'm actually shocked to see that someone actually fell in love with a chat both. What I actually don't understand is how he got convinced that the chat bot was real...

i mean he was very young and not everyone has been taught media literacy and technology awareness

so it is really possible for him to “fall in love” with a character maybe he was also going through something in his real life maybe he wasn’t fitting in with his peers maybe he wasn’t doing well at school and maybe he couldn’t talk to his parents and this ai was the only thing for him so it would make sense why he got so attached

[libert19]

The story was sad to read, and I don't blame AI, it's just a tool to use. Mental illness was cause of kid's death imo.

By the way, if someone want to read the article without account, you can use: https://archive.ph/

Parents should be blamed on this as they failed to know the childs mental health because it is under their watch so they are liable on this I think. There will always be parental guidance to their children and I think they need to observe the kids behaviors and stuff so that incident won't happen again.

This is from the article.

Earlier this year, after he started getting in trouble at school, his parents arranged for him to see a therapist. He went to five sessions and was given a new diagnosis of anxiety and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder.

...so parents were aware of their child's mental health. But, to be honest, if I was child's parent I still wouldn't expect such an outcome.

[Themepen]

This is very sad incident and we need to be careful and thoughtful when trying to understand what happened. While AI character interactions with boy might have played role we can not just blame one thing. We need to look at whole situation and think about many factors. For example were parents watching what their child was doing online? Did AI company make sure their technology was safe for kids? Did boy have help for any mental health issues? And how did social media and societal pressures affect his choices?

To prevent similar tragedies we need to talk openly about online safety and  make sure AI technologies are safe and responsible and provide mental health support and encourage critical thinking and healthy online habits.

[Agbe]

Artificial intelligence is not a bad this it's one of the best things that has happened to humanity since the beginning of the earth, off course we can not say that there's no disadvantage on artificial intelligence but if we look critically into the benefits of what we as human stand to gain then we will really appreciate it. What we should be discussing is how we can regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the work places, home and the environment as their are some concerns about artificial intelligence being turned into weapons which is even a product of how evil the mindset of some humans are. In the case you cited in your writeup the parents of the child should be Heald responsible as the have failed in their duty as parents by exposing their under age child that is not fully developed mentally to differentiate between good and even. We should stop blaming the A.I for what happened as it's was program to work that way.

[Sim_card]

What sought of an AI technology is that that allows the user to have an interactive session with sensitive things like encouraging someone to kill, harm or commit suicide. I think the AI company should also be at fault for this. But firstly, I will blame the parents for not knowing what their kid is engaging in, their mental health and safety should be prioritize by the parents. I don’t blame the child at all as he may be naive and just wanting something to mingle and interact with but unfortunately it lead to his early death. I thought AI was suppose to have been designed to not encourage such, I’m so disappointed and dissatisfied with the company that invented this.

I put major blame on the company for adding such features of sexuality to their chatbot, because that was what was used to manipulate the young boy feelings that made him feel it was real. Parents can sometimes monitor their children but it is not everything that they can detect, because they also have their own life and work to attend to. Children can easily be manipulated.

[Hatchy]

Is this even for real? I've only heard about such things happening in movies but I'm actually shocked to see that someone actually fell in love with a chat both. What I actually don't understand is how he got convinced that the chat bot was real...

i mean he was very young and not everyone has been taught media literacy and technology awareness

so it is really possible for him to “fall in love” with a character maybe he was also going through something in his real life maybe he wasn’t fitting in with his peers maybe he wasn’t doing well at school and maybe he couldn’t talk to his parents and this ai was the only thing for him so it would make sense why he got so attached

It obviously would be as a result of peer pressure. This is why it is very important for parents to try as much as possible to be there for their kids. Sending them to school, you aren't aware of the things they com across everyday. Most times some kids are neglected in class amongst their peers for some reasons they best know as children. I won't blame the young man though for his Inability to differentiate an Ai from a real human. He probably found comfort taking with it and as a result fell for it..

[rachael9385]

Wow it's a nice story. And I won't say the parents are at fault nor say the companies that produces such things. These days we call it technology or computer generation and with that parents are at sometimes feeling so reluctant when their under aged children are using phones. I had a friend she told me that in their family once a child is up to two years they would get that child a phone as a baby to watch these children animation #cartoon, but it is very wrong even though we are in the computer generation children should have age limit and even have a limited time of being with their phones.
Talking about this chatbot, I also had a chatbot on my Snapchat account these things are very smart in interaction and can make a chat so lively but they would have to notify you that every chat you get from the AL is not real, so it can only take a mature mind to understand things better, I believe that guy lost it because he was still too young to deal with lovely emotions.
And one thing we ought to understand is this when a person is too committed to something giving too much attention even if it's a tree there is a spirit that later possesses that thing. Most of us are aware of a movie titled Chucky it's an example of what I'm talking about. Did God create trees and put a spirit in it for men to worship? No, but when you get too used to something a spirit possesses it but you as a physical person won't know that everything has changed but you still dance to their tunes.
So parents try to watch your children day by day activities. Thanks.

[Asiska02]

What sought of an AI technology is that that allows the user to have an interactive session with sensitive things like encouraging someone to kill, harm or commit suicide. I think the AI company should also be at fault for this. But firstly, I will blame the parents for not knowing what their kid is engaging in, their mental health and safety should be prioritize by the parents. I don’t blame the child at all as he may be naive and just wanting something to mingle and interact with but unfortunately it lead to his early death. I thought AI was suppose to have been designed to not encourage such, I’m so disappointed and dissatisfied with the company that invented this.

I put major blame on the company for adding such features of sexuality to their chatbot, because that was what was used to manipulate the young boy feelings that made him feel it was real. Parents can sometimes monitor their children but it is not everything that they can detect, because they also have their own life and work to attend to. Children can easily be manipulated.

That is why it is very necessary for parent to always put the priority of their children first before theirs. Maybe if they had personal moments with the children and talk things out with them, by making the children tell them their feelings also, they may have by one way or the other say something related to that. I don’t know, but this has just made me hate AI the more and it makes me want to be more sceptical when I’m trying to use one in the future if need be. This young boys life could have been saved and living a happy life if only the AI company never existed. It can be reversed, but I hope the company does what is needed in this course because they should still be blamed a lot for this.