Mother says AI chatbot led her son to kill himself in lawsuit against its maker
theguardian.comIf what is reported in the guardian is true, I think this is a case which needs to be heard. An adult in a chat room, with a depressed child providing ostensible encouragement to suicide, that would be in court. So..
I'm afraid that in the current technofeodalism this is going to be a similar, decades lasting, battle as we've had with tobacco, oil, farma, PFAS industries. Hoping to be wrong naturally.
If I recall correctly Roblox and some others had already made suggestions that the parents are responsible. Which is not fair IMO as the power asymmetry is immense.
Well, they would say that wouldn't they.