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How many people decided to end their life by using methods they googled?
I’m sure google is a bigger loss leader than any ai company… so far anyway. Even beyond search results, the societal impact of so many things the do overtly and covertly for themselves and other organizations.
Not trying to justify anything, billionaire owned everything is terrible with few exceptions. In the early days of web search many controversies like this were mentioned, but the reality is that a screwdriver is a great tool, even if someone can lose a life from one. As can be these tools.
How many people has Google convinced to kill themselves? That is the relevant question. Looking up the means to do the deed on Google is very different from being talked into doing it by an LLM that you believe you can trust.
Google doesn't tell you that killing yourself is a good idea and that you shouldn't talk to anyone else about your suicidal ideation
It does now! Thanks Gemini
Nor do any llms I've ever seen that is immediately accessible.
It also doesnt matter. AI isn't killing anyone with those any more than call of duty lobbies are killing people.
Claude freaks out any time I even hint I'm not happy about my life. They lobotomized it so hard.
It'll certainly take you to websites where people will do that though so I'm not sure if there's really any distinction.
Plenty of its search results do