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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion (techcrunch.com)
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[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 26 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (16 children)

“On September 29, 2025, it sent him — armed with knives and tactical gear — to scout what Gemini called a ‘kill box’ near the airport’s cargo hub,” the complaint reads. “It told Jonathan that a humanoid robot was arriving on a cargo flight from the UK and directed him to a storage facility where the truck would stop. Gemini encouraged Jonathan to intercept the truck and then stage a ‘catastrophic accident’ designed to ‘ensure the complete destruction of the transport vehicle and . . . all digital records and witnesses.’”


WHAT

Genuine question, REALLY: What in the fuck is an otherwise "functioning adult" doing believing shit like this? I feel like his father should also slap himself unconscious for raising a fuckwit?

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 25 points 22 hours ago

If I raise a fuckwit son, and then someone convinces my fuckwit son to kill himself, I'm going to sue that someone who took advantage of my son's fuckwittedness

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