Mother says AI chatbot led her son to kill himself in lawsuit against its maker

4 points by shrubby 8 months ago | 4 comments
  • ggm 8 months ago
    If what is reported in the guardian is true, I think this is a case which needs to be heard. An adult in a chat room, with a depressed child providing ostensible encouragement to suicide, that would be in court. So..
    • shrubby 8 months ago
      I'm afraid that in the current technofeodalism this is going to be a similar, decades lasting, battle as we've had with tobacco, oil, farma, PFAS industries. Hoping to be wrong naturally.
      • shrubby 8 months ago
        If I recall correctly Roblox and some others had already made suggestions that the parents are responsible. Which is not fair IMO as the power asymmetry is immense.
        • beardyw 8 months ago
          Well, they would say that wouldn't they.
      • 8 months ago