… so the article should focus on stopping the users from doing that? There is a lot to hate AI companies for but their tool being useful is actually the bottom of that list
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Samskara@sh.itjust.works 22 hours agoPeople talk to these LLM chatbots like they are people and develop an emotional connection. They are replacements for human connection and therapy. They share their intimate problems and such all the time. So it’s a little different than a traditional search engine.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
People in distress will talk to an LLM instead of calling a suicide hotline.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Ok, people will turn to google when they’re depressed. I just googled a couple months ago the least painful way to commit suicide. Google gave me the info I was looking for. Should I be mad at them?
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
You are ignoring that people are already developing personal emotional reaction with chatbots. That’s no the case with search bars.
The first line above the search results at google for queries like that is a suicide hotline phone number.
A chatbot should provide at least that as well.
I’m not saying it shouldn’t provide no information.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 4 hours ago
Seems more like a dumbass people problem.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Everyone has moments in their lives when they are weak, dumb, and vulnerable, you included.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 3 hours ago
Not in favor of helping dumbass humans no matter who they are. They’re not endangered. They’re ruining the planet. And we have all these other species on the planet that need saving, so why are we saving them?
If someone wants to kill themselves, some empty, token gesture won’t stop them. It does, however, give everyone else a smug sense of satisfaction that they’re “doing something”, and plenty of people who’ve attempted suicide seem to think it’s hollow virtue signaling. Systematic reviews bear out the ineffectiveness crisis hotlines, so they’re not popularly touted for effectiveness.
If someone really wants to kill themselves, I think that’s ultimately their choice, and we should respect it.