Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoFather sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusiontechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1676arrow-down115
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minus-squareGammelfisch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·6 months agoHow in the hell does one become addicted to a damn chatbot?
minus-squareIlandar@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoHumans are very social animals and these companies prey on the lonely by making their chatbots as affirming, sycophantic and approachable as possible.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·6 months agoMoney + downtime + not very smart?
minus-squarevinyl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoMentally vulnerable people are a lot more susceptible to this sorta stuff
How in the hell does one become addicted to a damn chatbot?
Humans are very social animals and these companies prey on the lonely by making their chatbots as affirming, sycophantic and approachable as possible.
Money + downtime + not very smart?
Mentally vulnerable people are a lot more susceptible to this sorta stuff