celeb news 14-year-old boy took his own life after falling in love with a Daenerys Targaryen AI

[West Coast]

 

 

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[xxxlamb]

This is a child so I'm going to just say....prayers for his family

[fememeist]

This is so depressing. Internet's rotting the youth so much

[suburbannature]

People are going to weaponize this story to perpetuate anti-AI perspectives in the same way past generations did with video games, the internet, cable tv, radio, etc.

 

It's a tragic story and the boy doesn't deserve how it will be used to serve agendas.

[NoOneDiesFromLove]

They should implement further AI regulations like no under-16 use. 

RIP

Edited October 24 by NoOneDiesFromLove

[itshyolee]

Oh my…

 

Prayers for his family.

[suburbannature]

14 minutes ago, NoOneDiesFromLove said:

They should implement further AI regulations like no under-16 use. 

RIP

I agree with regulations. 
 

 

Edited October 24 by suburbannature

[GentleEarthquake]

oh my...

[Odette Violet]

AI is getting scary and dangerous if falls in the wrong hands

 

 

Rest in peace to the child and condolences to the family 

[Bubble Tea]

Very sad. I had so many online friends around that age, they weren't AI but god knows they could have been anyone.

[AlanRickman1946]

It is like what Kirsten Bell said. When motor vehicles first started being sold, everyone was so excited about them that it took some time before people started saying they needed to start regulating them (seatbelts) etc.

Edited October 24 by AlanRickman1946

[freshoutthebuffet]

I'm shocked at how increasingly "conservative" I'm becoming as I get older. 
 

I agree that situations like these fall solely on the parents, or if they're adults, the individuals lack of accountability and responsibility to get help. But we've made too many unhealthy habits and behaviors easily accessible to the public, including and especially those who aren't mentally sound and vulnerable like children. 
 

So many aspects of the internet need to be restricted snd regulated. 

[Katamari]

Very sad

ai is one thing but where were the parents 

[RoseGold]

I actually just downloaded the app out of curiosity and it's terrifying. There's this celebrity I like on there and the bot sounds exactly like him. I guess he's based on a fanfic because he was already flirty. I can see how people get addicted.

[collin]

The problem is AI. Restrict and regulate AI.

[Windy Day]

Just now, collin said:

The problem is AI. Restrict and regulate AI.

so you see no problem with a 14 year old boy having free access to a GUN? 

[Windy Day]

1 hour ago, suburbannature said:

People are going to weaponize this story to perpetuate anti-AI perspectives in the same way past generations did with video games, the internet, cable tv, radio, etc.

 

It's a tragic story and the boy doesn't deserve how it will be used to serve agendas.

you're getting mass downvoted but it's true. AI didn't kill him. however, having free access to literal weapons and parents that dgaf about their child did but nobody wants to address this

Edited October 24 by Windy Day

[LegaMyth]

There was obviously something deeper that was not being answered. Unfortunately, this 14 year old was not the first to do such a thing and they may not be the last.

[DevonRoars]

I'm finding it hard to believe AI is the issue when he had access to a gun

[bad guy]

Two things can be true: AI is dangerous and should be regulated heavily and the gun should have been in a safe place where a child cannot gain any access to it. 

 

The core issue in the story though is that a child was so duped by AI that he thought killing himself is an answer. Children should not have any access to AI or social media, period.

[suburbannature]

16 minutes ago, Windy Day said:

you're getting mass downvoted but it's true. AI didn't kill him. however, having free access to literal weapons and parents that dgaf about their child did but nobody wants to address this

The AI quite literally told him not to, but as you said that's not the primary risk factor here. Kids should have (as examples) proper supervision plans, informed use of technology with limited access based on age, proper mental health treatment, and - despite how obvious it should be - weapons should be locked away at all times with secondary protective measures in place. I'd argue that no homes with children should have guns, but that's a different debate. 
 

It's easier to place blame on technology than to address widespread deficits in parenting and supervision. 

[Josh]

26 minutes ago, collin said:

The problem is AI. Restrict and regulate AI.

AI is already restrict enough

[freshoutthebuffet]

25 minutes ago, collin said:

The problem is AI. Restrict and regulate AI.

They shouldn't make it publicly accessible. People clearly don't know how to act. And I'm not referring to the kid from the article. I'm talking about the creeps that generate creepy and sexualized images of celebrities. If they're doing this to them, what makes you think they're not doing the same with you? Or your mother/father, sibling, child, pets, etc etc. 

 

If AI capabilities need to be made publicly accessible (for whatever reason) it should be held behind a hefty paywall / subscription price. 
 

The advancement of technology isn't bad or evil, it's the people that use em that make it so. 

[Doogle]

8 minutes ago, Josh said:

AI is already restrict enough

What  it needs way more restriction and regulation. It's the Wild West on the Internet right now. Deepfakes, ChatGPT university essays, fake images all over social media. It's like the early Internet on crack 

[Crazy kid]

39 minutes ago, DevonRoars said:

I'm finding it hard to believe AI is the issue when he had access to a gun

This