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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion (techcrunch.com)
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[–] Stonewyvvern@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Reality is really difficult for some people...

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 12 points 10 hours ago

Truly, I don't understand why, but there are fully grown adults who believe that anything an LLM says is true. Maybe they think computers are unbiased (which is only as true as programmers and data are unbiased); maybe its the confidence with which LLMs deliver information; maybe they believe the program actually searches and verified information; maybe it's all of the above and more.

I know a guy who routinely says, "I asked ChatGPT...", and even after having explained how LLMs are complex word predictors and are not programmed for factual truth, he still goes to ChatGPT for everything. It's a total refusal to believe otherwise, but I can't fathom why.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

especially when your raised under a system that essentially tries to brainwash you via weaponized propaganda from birth (applies to large cross-sections of the US/UK), all it takes is one shed of truth getting through to shatter your world and from there you can get brought to believe all manner of crazy shit.