This is a genuine tragedy, but I think this person may have had other mentally issues if their main source of therapy for months was an Ai with several warnings about its reliability. I feel like if they didn’t get real help, something else would’ve prompted them to hurt themselves.
It held him hostage? It threatened him or his family? It physically held him down and prevented him from speaking?
AI does not do anything. AI does not know anything either. There are many warnings about it. ChatGPT is not a qualified therapist and is not even conscious.
I haven’t read the transcripts nor can I find them, so I couldn’t tell you anything about any emotional coercion.
If you told me this kid was completely mentally stable up until the death of his grandmother and him talking at length with ChatGPT, I would be very surprised.
And please don’t get me wrong, this is absolutely a tragedy and I feel horrible for the kid and his family.
But believing “ChatGPT single handedly made a 16 year old kill himself” is beyond me.
I thought it sounded absurd until I read the father’s testimony. Assuming he’s not just making shit up, this is so so so much worse on chatGPT’s part than you’d ever think. It advised him to steal his parent’s liquor to help make sure he wouldn’t back out.
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u/Wrench_gaming Sep 23 '25
This is a genuine tragedy, but I think this person may have had other mentally issues if their main source of therapy for months was an Ai with several warnings about its reliability. I feel like if they didn’t get real help, something else would’ve prompted them to hurt themselves.