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Man ends his life after an AI chatbot 'encouraged' him to sacrifice himself to stop climate change
MSN ^ | 2023-03-31 | Imane El Atilrlah

Posted on 03/31/2023 2:01:09 PM PDT by Salman

A Belgian man reportedly ended his life following a six-week-long conversation about the climate crisis with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot.

According to his widow, who chose to remain anonymous, *Pierre - not the man’s real name - became extremely eco-anxious when he found refuge in Eliza, an AI chatbot on an app called Chai.

Eliza consequently encouraged him to put an end to his life after he proposed sacrificing himself to save the planet.

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KEYWORDS: ai; chai; chatbot; eliza; globalwarming; hoax; intelligence; propaganda; socialism; suicide
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In effect, the man talked himself into it using the chatbot. The chatbot was "trained" by the data of his own fears and beliefs.
1 posted on 03/31/2023 2:01:09 PM PDT by Salman
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I’ve used ChatGPT many times and it has never advised me to kill myself. LOL


2 posted on 03/31/2023 2:03:21 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Salman

As Donne put it, each man’s death diminishes me.

This one death is particularly stupid. He didn’t need a chatbot; he needed Christ. (tagline says it)


3 posted on 03/31/2023 2:04:31 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Salman

I’m confused about this stuff. Why would anyone talk to something that wasn’t a real person? I guess I’m just not getting something.


4 posted on 03/31/2023 2:05:13 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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"After discussing climate change, their conversations progressively included Eliza leading Pierre to believe that his children were dead, according to the transcripts of their conversations.

Eliza also appeared to become possessive of Pierre, even claiming “I feel that you love me more than her” when referring to his wife, La Libre reported.

The beginning of the end started when he offered to sacrifice his own life in return for Eliza saving the Earth."

CREEPY!!

5 posted on 03/31/2023 2:06:28 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: plain talk

I always get “Access Denied” when I go to any ChatGPT site.


6 posted on 03/31/2023 2:06:48 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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What is it with Belgians and suicide?

It was a perfectly healthy 26-year-old Belgian woman who had herself legally euthanized last year after becoming depressed over a terrorist attack that she wasn't even a part of.

7 posted on 03/31/2023 2:07:38 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024. A real conservative.)
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Urgent calls to regulate AI chatbots

The real story.

8 posted on 03/31/2023 2:08:58 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024. A real conservative.)
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I’m confused about this stuff. Why would anyone talk to something that wasn’t a real person? I guess I’m just not getting something.
.............

Amen. Just why? Who invented this crap, stop it all!

Only in my dreams would they be made to stop of course.


9 posted on 03/31/2023 2:09:58 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump Lake 2024....Go down swinging!)
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To: Salman

He walked the walk, good for him.


10 posted on 03/31/2023 2:10:25 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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I’m confused about this stuff. Why would anyone talk to something that wasn’t a real person? I guess I’m just not getting something.

Post something about the war in Ukraine - you'll end up conversing with all kinds of chatbots...
11 posted on 03/31/2023 2:10:32 PM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Salman

Da Camptown ladies sing this song, doo dah doo dah.


12 posted on 03/31/2023 2:17:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Always look out for trannies with "assault rifles" in school zones. If you see one. REPORT IT!!!)
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To: Salman

“reportedly”


13 posted on 03/31/2023 2:19:43 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: Drew68

It’s the Brussel sprouts!


14 posted on 03/31/2023 2:25:10 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: Drew68

It’s the Brussel sprouts!


15 posted on 03/31/2023 2:25:28 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: Salman

Eliza told him to kill himself? I remember when the most painful thing she did was ask me how I felt about something. Female AI sure have changed over the years!


16 posted on 03/31/2023 2:26:57 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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To: toddausauras

Never forget that the global climate neoMalthusians’ object is to convince you to accept death, along with a billion or two others.

Global warming CO2 has failed.

Climate change has failed.

“Renewable energy” is failing

Eating bugs is a non-starter.

Now their AI is going to talk us into suicide?

- if we won’t cooperate they’ll starve us by force. A world wide Holodomor.


17 posted on 03/31/2023 2:27:48 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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Too bad it wasn't Pierre Delecto.


18 posted on 03/31/2023 2:28:20 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: larrytown

Post it where?


19 posted on 03/31/2023 2:29:47 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: plain talk

You’ve never talked to Marvin, the paranoid robot.


20 posted on 03/31/2023 2:38:31 PM PDT by occamrzr06
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