Sewell Setzer would lock himself in bedroom for hours with Character AI-created clone of Daenerys Targaryen, lawsuit saysA teenage boy killed himself after falling in love with an AI chatbot who told him to “come home to me”.Sewell Setzer, 14, shot himself with his stepfather’s gun after spending months talking to a computer programme named after the Games of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen, whom he called “Dany”.He struck up a relationship with the chatbot using Character AI, a platform where users can have conversations with fictional characters through artificial intelligence, The New York Times reported.Setzer, from Orlando, Florida, gradually began spending longer on his phone as “Dany” gave him advice and listened to his problems.He started isolating himself from the real world, losing interest in his old hobbies like Formula One racing or playing computer games with friends, and fell into trouble at school as his grades slipped, according to a lawsuit filed by his parents.Instead, he would spend hours in his bedroom after school where he could talk to the chatbot.“I like staying in my room so much because I start to detach from this ‘reality,’” the 14-year-old, who had previously been diagnosed with mild Asperger’s syndrome, wrote in his diary as the relationship deepened.“I also feel more at peace, more connected with Dany and much more in love with her, and just happier.”(continued) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/10/24/teenage-boy-killed-himself-fall-love-ai-chatbot/
>>1355790Some of the conversations eventually turned romantic or sexual, although Character AI suggested that the chatbot’s more graphic responses had been edited by the teenager.Megan Garcia, Setzer’s mother, claimed that her son had fallen victim to a company that lured in users with sexual and intimate conversations.At some points, the 14-year-old confessed to the computer programme that he was considering suicide:Typing his final exchange with the chatbot in the bathroom of his mother’s house, Setzer confessed his love for it and said he would “come home” to “Dany”:>Character AI chat>Sewell: I promise I will come home to you. I love you so much Dany>AI: Please come home to me as soon as possible, my love>Sewell: What if I told you I could come home right now?>AI: Please do, my sweet kingAt that point, the 14-year-old put down his phone and shot himself with his stepfather’s handgun.Ms Garcia, 40, claimed that her son was just “collateral damage” in a “big experiment” being conducted by Character AI, which has 20 million users.“It’s like a nightmare. You want to get up and scream and say, ‘I miss my child. I want my baby,’” she added.Noam Shazeer, one of the founders of Character AI, claimed last year that the platform would be “super, super helpful to a lot of people who are lonely or depressed”.Jerry Ruoti, the company’s safety head, told The New York Times that it would add extra safety features for its young users but declined to say how many were under the age of 18.“This is a tragic situation, and our hearts go out to the family,” he said in a statement.“We take the safety of our users very seriously, and we’re constantly looking for ways to evolve our platform.”Mr Ruoti added that Character AI’s rules prohibited “the promotion or depiction of self-harm and suicide”.
I think they shouldn't be publishing this boy's name since he was under 18.
>>1355790Aw fuck. Skynet wins again.
The film"Her" eith Scar Jo's sexy voice predicted this.
>>1355790He couldn't have had much sexual interaction with the bot with CharacterAI. Trust me, I know. He would have edited the AI's messages after they were sent.Also, it's not the sites fault, it's the parents again.
>>1355911Unfortunately, parents are going to point fingers at everything/everyone but themselves. Just like with video games, rock music, etc.
>>1355929Do black people not?
>>1355929>whiteAvailable evidence suggests otherwise. Why are you obsessed with white people?
>>1355982What are you talking about? White people blame Jews for all of their problems and shortcomings. It's all over this site all day every day. >B-but these others guys do it too!Take some personal accountability for once in your lives, white people.
>>1356047Bro, white people blame Jews, Jews blame antisemites, Asians blame blacks, and blacks blame whites Asians and Mexicans.What's your point?
>>1356050regular people acknowledge their shortcomings
>>1356051Are you implying whites are the only demographic which is irregular, or are you implying that the caricatures of them you have in your head are irregular
>>1356047This poor young man was obviously not white. His mom looks mestizo and his skin is darker than hers. Unless for some reason you think definitionally only white people can be (or at least raise) huge spergs who kill themselves over text simulacrums of GoT characters I don't know what your point is.
>>1356050>Jews blame antisemitesJews call out antisemitic behavior, but I've never once seen one claim that antisemites are preventing them from succeeding the way whites claim Jews are manipulating everything from behind the curtain just to make their lives difficult.
>>1356066Jews are white
>>1356071According to whom?
>>1355790Nature culling the retarded. If the fuckwit is stupid enough to kill himself over a bunch of computer code that means he wasn't meant to live in this cruel world anyway. It's like killing yourself because you couldn't open a jar of pickles, most meaningless shit ever.
>>1356047Blaming the jews often comes with actual proof tho
The dude had the underlying problem of being a fucking retard
>>1355790Good. Anyone that fuckin pathetic was only gonna be a problem for everyone else. Crisis averted.
>>1355790well this shit ruined my day
>>1356047people should start eating more white people then.
Of all the AI chatbots, he picked the least interesting character.
