[andsoitis]

One perspective is that suicide is too vilified and stigmatized.

It really is the right option for some people.

For some, it really is the only way out of their pain. For some, it is better than the purgatory they otherwise experience in their painful world. Friends and family can't feel your pain, they want you to stay alive for them, not for you.

Suicide can be a valid choice.

[GeoAtreides]

Nobody is arguing what you're arguing there.

The issue here is not if suicide is okay, but about text generators (machines) pushing teenagers to suicide.

Two completely different things.

[andsoitis]

> pushing teenagers to suicide.

The individual in the article was 23. An adult, not a teenager.

[GeoAtreides]

You're not addressing the main thrust of my critique.

[andsoitis]

> You're not addressing the main thrust of my critique.

What evidence do you have that there’s a problem ChatGPT causing teenagers to commit suicide? I would expect many stories, even if not significant in number, but there doesn’t appear to be a notable problem?

Or is it more that you’re concerned it could become a problem?

[GeoAtreides]

There must be some kind of miscommunication happening here. I am honestly baffled.

Please re-read my first reply to your original comment, I was not saying anything close to what you're suggesting here.

[andsoitis]

We're both baffled. Maybe we just move on? Happy weekend!

[ryandrake]

Welcome to HN. You've described one of the most common HN comment tropes!

[hsbauauvhabzb]

Probably not in the majority of cases involving teenagers.

[andsoitis]

Zane, the individual in the article, was 23.

[hsbauauvhabzb]

My mistake, I assumed it was based on https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/27/chatgpt-s... . Either way, my argument doesn’t change.