imo the real story here is that a person committed suicide over despair about the unimpeded disaster that is climate change, not that he happened to be interacting with a chatbot before he died. if he was in this state itseems likely that a journal, article, or book could just as easily have been the thing to push him over the edge. i know he’s not the only one who has committed suicide over this, and the effects of climate change on our collective minds is something that i hope is being researched intensively.
Yeah I agree with this assessment. For some people they just need that little extra push to go through with it and many will look for practically anything that will do it. They were likely going to do it regardless but felt some comfort in being told they were “right.” It’s extremely sad and likely to happen more and more.
