Eh, this has happened before, is happening now and will happen again. The articles always act like the users affected were of average intelligence and or completely sound mind; I don't think that this is true at all.
And there are millions of people who chat with AI each day who do not run into any issues like this at all.
So all of these articles are just more playing on the hype of "ooohohooh AI did this ooohohoh so scary new technology!"
When it's like...probably more than 100k people use a circular saw each day...but a very small portion of those are going to injure or maim themselves in an accident while using it.
Look at the number of vehicular deaths compared to AI, looks like deaths directly caused or inspired by AI are at about 1-4/year recently and that's all internationally...2024 only just the UK had 1,602 road deaths.
I feel like at its core its a mental health/isolation problem and that our species' refusal at large to address mental health is the real meat of the issue.
And there are millions of people who chat with AI each day who do not run into any issues like this at all.
So all of these articles are just more playing on the hype of "ooohohooh AI did this ooohohoh so scary new technology!"
When it's like...probably more than 100k people use a circular saw each day...but a very small portion of those are going to injure or maim themselves in an accident while using it.
Look at the number of vehicular deaths compared to AI, looks like deaths directly caused or inspired by AI are at about 1-4/year recently and that's all internationally...2024 only just the UK had 1,602 road deaths.
I feel like at its core its a mental health/isolation problem and that our species' refusal at large to address mental health is the real meat of the issue.