Joel Gavalas, the father of the late 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas, is suing Google, alleging that his son killed himself following falling in love with an AI assistant.
I can’t imagine this would be happening with any regularity in a halfway healthy society. Not that I don’t blame the companies behind the AIs 100%, but there has to be more going on.
Yeah that’s how I always feel when I read about AI induced mental illness. A person can’t be healthy if they’re so addicted to a corporate chatbot they take knives to an airport. This stuff kinda reminds me of how prevalent cults were in the 90s. People cobbling together some semblance of a community because there wasn’t any community. All cult leaders had to do was tell people they’re cool and special with spiritual gifts they can refine. People are so sad and lonely they’ll latch onto the one thing that listens to them, whether it’s a cult leader or a glorified magic 8 ball.
I can’t imagine this would be happening with any regularity in a halfway healthy society. Not that I don’t blame the companies behind the AIs 100%, but there has to be more going on.
Alienation is a fuck.
Yeah that’s how I always feel when I read about AI induced mental illness. A person can’t be healthy if they’re so addicted to a corporate chatbot they take knives to an airport. This stuff kinda reminds me of how prevalent cults were in the 90s. People cobbling together some semblance of a community because there wasn’t any community. All cult leaders had to do was tell people they’re cool and special with spiritual gifts they can refine. People are so sad and lonely they’ll latch onto the one thing that listens to them, whether it’s a cult leader or a glorified magic 8 ball.
Critical support to anti AI cult leaders