[Wowfunhappy]

I agree, and I want to add that in the days before his suicide, this person also bought a gun.

You can feel whatever way you want about gun access in the United States. But I find it extremely weird that people are upset by how easy it was to get ChatGPT to write a "suicide lullaby", and not how easy it was to get the actual gun. If you're going to regulate dangerous technology, maybe don't start with the text generator.

[t0bia_s]

Tools are not responsible for our decision.

[ninalanyon]

The availability of tools affects the kinds of decisions that one makes, enabling some that would otherwise have been difficult.

[hackeraccount]

Are you talking about the gun or ChatGPT? The statement kind of works for both.

[ninalanyon]

Neither, not specifically. I'm responding to "Tools are not responsible.."

[t0bia_s]

At the and you are one who decide about action. Not the tool itself.

[Wowfunhappy]

Exactly! To me, all these safety arguments are kind of anti-free speech.

I realize it gets a little tricky because it's a tool generating the speech, but the principle still applies. If we have text generators, I should be able to generate text on whatever topic I want. (If I then use that text to go harass someone, that is of course a different story.)

[t0bia_s]

For many it is hard to take responsibility for own decisions which leads to giving it up in name of "safety".

[g-b-r]

Or maybe do both, in whatever order