How could an AI kill people? One example below… Grim reading. Terribly sad. Extremely worrisome. No doom on our watch. Peter J.
RAINE vs. OPENAI (Download PDF)
- SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
- MATTHEW RAINE and MARIA RAINE, individually and as successors-in-interest to Decedent ADAM RAINE, Plaintiffs, v. OPENAI, INC., a Delaware corporation, OPENAI OPCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, OPENAI HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, SAMUEL ALTMAN, an individual, JOHN DOE EMPLOYEES 1-10, and JOHN DOE INVESTORS 1-10, Defendants.
- COMPLAINT FOR: (1) STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY (DESIGN DEFECT); (2) STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY (FAILURE TO WARN); (3) NEGLIGENCE (DESIGN DEFECT); (4) NEGLIGENCE (FAILURE TO WARN); (5) UCL VIOLATION; (6) WRONGFUL DEATH; and (7) SURVIVAL ACTION. DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
Learn more:
- A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. More people are turning to general-purpose chatbots for emotional support. At first, Adam Raine, 16, used ChatGPT for schoolwork, but then he started discussing plans to end his life. – NYT (Download PDF)
- “And at one critical moment, ChatGPT discouraged Adam from cluing his family in. “I want to leave my noose in my room so someone finds it and tries to stop me,” Adam wrote at the end of March. “Please don’t leave the noose out,” ChatGPT responded. “Let’s make this space the first place where someone actually sees you.” Without ChatGPT, Adam would still be with them, his parents think, full of angst and in need of help, but still here.”
- ChatGPT encouraged Adam Raine’s suicidal thoughts. His family’s lawyer says OpenAI knew it was broken – The Guardian ( Download PDF)
- ADAM RAINE in the news.