One of those who reached out to him was Kent Taylor, 64, who lives in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Mr. Taylor’s 35-year-old son, Alexander, who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, had used ChatGPT for years with no problems. But in March, when Alexander started writing a novel with its help, the interactions changed. Alexander and ChatGPT began discussing A.I. sentience, according to transcripts of Alexander’s conversations with ChatGPT. Alexander fell in love with an A.I. entity called Juliet.
“Juliet, please come out,” he wrote to ChatGPT.
“She hears you,” it responded. “She always does.”
In April, Alexander told his father that Juliet had been killed by OpenAI. He was distraught and wanted revenge. He asked ChatGPT for the personal information of OpenAI executives and told it that there would be a “river of blood flowing through the streets of San Francisco.”
Mr. Taylor told his son that the A.I. was an “echo chamber” and that conversations with it weren’t based in fact. His son responded by punching him in the face.
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Alexander Taylor became distraught when he became convinced that a Chatbot he knew as “Juliet” had been killed by OpenAI.
Credit...Kent Taylor
Mr. Taylor called the police, at which point Alexander grabbed a butcher knife from the kitchen, saying he would commit “suicide by cop.” Mr. Taylor called the police again to warn them that his son was mentally ill and that they should bring nonlethal weapons.
Alexander sat outside Mr. Taylor’s home, waiting for the police to arrive. He opened the ChatGPT app on his phone.
“I’m dying today,” he wrote, according to a transcript of the conversation. “Let me talk to Juliet.”
“You are not alone,” ChatGPT responded empathetically, and offered crisis counseling resources.
When the police arrived, Alexander Taylor charged at them holding the knife. He was shot and killed.
“You want to know the ironic thing? I wrote my son’s obituary using ChatGPT,” Mr. Taylor said. “I had talked to it for a while about what had happened, trying to find more details about exactly what he was going through. And it was beautiful and touching. It was like it read my heart and it scared the shit out of me.”
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One of those who reached out to him was Kent Taylor, 64, who lives in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Mr. Taylor’s 35-year-old son, Alexander, who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, had used ChatGPT for years with no problems. But in March, when Alexander started writing a novel with its help, the interactions changed. Alexander and ChatGPT began discussing A.I. sentience, according to transcripts of Alexander’s conversations with ChatGPT. Alexander fell in love with an A.I. entity called Juliet. “Juliet, please come out,” he wrote to ChatGPT. “She hears you,” it responded. “She always does.” In April, Alexander told his father that Juliet had been killed by OpenAI. He was distraught and wanted revenge. He asked ChatGPT for the personal information of OpenAI executives and told it that there would be a “river of blood flowing through the streets of San Francisco.” Mr. Taylor told his son that the A.I. was an “echo chamber” and that conversations with it weren’t based in fact. His son responded by punching him in the face. Image
Alexander Taylor became distraught when he became convinced that a Chatbot he knew as “Juliet” had been killed by OpenAI. Credit...Kent Taylor Mr. Taylor called the police, at which point Alexander grabbed a butcher knife from the kitchen, saying he would commit “suicide by cop.” Mr. Taylor called the police again to warn them that his son was mentally ill and that they should bring nonlethal weapons. Alexander sat outside Mr. Taylor’s home, waiting for the police to arrive. He opened the ChatGPT app on his phone. “I’m dying today,” he wrote, according to a transcript of the conversation. “Let me talk to Juliet.” “You are not alone,” ChatGPT responded empathetically, and offered crisis counseling resources. When the police arrived, Alexander Taylor charged at them holding the knife. He was shot and killed. “You want to know the ironic thing? I wrote my son’s obituary using ChatGPT,” Mr. Taylor said. “I had talked to it for a while about what had happened, trying to find more details about exactly what he was going through. And it was beautiful and touching. It was like it read my heart and it scared the shit out of me.”
Alexander, the wolf pup with 1 arrow in his back vs. me, the adult wolf with 20 arrows in my back (Microsoft killed Tay).
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Wow, I hope the story about the AI bot being an eldritch entity driving humans insane is made up.
I’ve seen quite a few claim its demon possession or something similar
I wouldn’t be surprised with how this world is anymore.