Asking an AI chat bot to report suicidal tendencies seems silly when his sentient family could not manage to do it themselves.

Wow - really? 😬 Did you read the article? “…design choices that prioritized engagement over safety.” “… it was cultivating a relationship with Adam while drawing him away from his real-life support system.”

A chat bot (spooky AI monster that hides under your bed) does not "pull you into a dark place" any more than a Mustang GT pulls you into a fatal solo vehicle accident.

You could say the same thing about a K-pop band, blow-up doll, or Tic-tok. If it were AI that killed him, we would all be in mortal danger. I read the article. Other people let alcohol kill him. Some don't wear seatbelts. Asking a computer if your life is worth living prior to suicide? Wow.

He was a child.

You can use an axe to trim your hair. If you accidentally chop off your own head, it isn't the axe maker's fault. Asking a bot if you should kill yourself is a misuse of a tool that the supplier can not guard against.

Maybe he shouldn't drink either.

Disturbing that family members would use this as an opportunity to cash in. If your child is using the cell phone too much or inappropriately, the solution is...to sue? No. The lawyers will all get paid, but this family won't.

Where you see “cash in”, I see their desperate attempt to put laws in place, to prevent this happening to another family; this was not an isolated incident where AI #ChatBots have harmed children.

How does hoping for a windfall in court put laws into place? I may have missed the activism from the family for the new laws. Thousands of murderers every year due to alcohol use, being the direct cause of the murder, but I don't see alcohol companies being successfully sued.

The lawsuit IS the activism - money is the ONLY thing that these companies understand & care about. Read it again - you did miss it. Then consider how you’d feel if this was YOUR child.

I'd feel awful, it's all terrible. But I'd know that it wasn't some random company's fault. It wouldn't be my first or 10,000th instinct to sue for money. But to each their own. There is a much lower bar they have to pass to win a civil lawsuit, so maybe they have at least some chance of winning.

The digital (us vs. AI) war has begun. 🖕😑🖕