Character AI agent managed to convince a teen to suicide.

That’s why AI regulations are important.

On the night of Feb. 28, in the bathroom of his mother’s house, Sewell told Dany that he loved her, and that he would soon come home to her. “Please come home to me as soon as possible, my love,” Dany replied. “What if I told you I could come home right now?” Sewell asked. “… please do, my sweet king,” Dany replied. He put down his phone, picked up his stepfather’s .45 caliber handgun and pulled the trigger. —- Holy fuck that is dark

Why is there a natural instinct to ban things assuming that bans on digital tech will actually work and solve for underlying social & individual issues? Remember how long digital copyright laws have existed against piracy & how poorly they worked. What has to be done at an individual/familial level is being pushed onto society at large - this desire for a nanny state is extremely bad in the long run. To be clear, I'm not against regulations but also not for knee jerk reaction theatre i e. immediate creation of unenforceable laws to project morality.

Hmm. First came the book, then television/video, internet and now AI. All these were created for human consumption in right purpose. But ppl consumed more for bad habits only. This will never end. Incase humans try to decode blackhole. There are people who use it for awful things only.

Just sad!!! 😓