[–] 5 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

And I didn't say something different. All I said is that if the system around her wouldn't have pressured her so hard, we wouldn't be there.
But, while we're at it, picture this: She asks a friend. "Hey, I'm scared that i won't get a job when taking this medication, and if i don't get one fast, I'll have to leave the country". The friend then says "maybe just stop taking it until you've got a job" without knowing better.
Then we would have exactly the same situation. Why? Because she was terrified and desperate.

And before you get that wrong: I'm not comparing talking to AI, to talking to a friend.
I'm picturing a realistic scenario that may alternatively have happened. Same background, same outcome, just a different trigger for the outcome.

The system fucked her, it's the cause. ChatGPT was just what loosened the hairpin trigger that could have been loosened by something else.
ChatGPT should be held accountable. It's not a friend that just didn't know any better and tried to comfort a loved one in an awful situation. But that wasn't what my original message was about.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Well, that's quite tragic but it seems to be more of a problem of the whole system around her layoff and immigration.
    I also think that AI companies should be accountable for what their bots say but this story is way deeper than the headline suggests, anf the core problem wasn't that an LLM told her so, but that the system made her so desperate that she took the risk to rely on an LLM for information.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    Sullivan King - Blame

    Bonus song that's currently stuck in my head:
    Halocene - People Pleaser

    Bonus-bonus song since it's awesome:
    Starset - Toksik

    Edit: I want proof of that playlist btw!!1!11!

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