Most people don't understand just how mentally unwell the US population is. Of course there are one million talking to ChatGPT about suicide weekly. This is not a surprising stat at all. It's just a question of what to do about it.
At least OpenAI is trying to do something about it.
throwaway314155•42m ago
I am one of these people (mentally ill - bipolar 1). I’ve seen others others via hospitalization that i would simply refuse to let them use ChatGPT because it is so sycophantic and would happily encourage delusions and paranoid thinking given the right prompts.
> At least OpenAI is trying to do something about it.
In this instance it’s a bit like saying “at least Tesla is working on the issue” after deploying a dangerous self driving vehicle to thousands.
NathanKP•29m ago
Yep, it's just a question of whether on average the "new thing" is more good than bad. Pretty much every "new thing" has some kind of bad side effect for some people, while being good for other people.
I would argue that both Tesla self driving (on the highway only), and ChatGPT (for professional use by healthy people) has been more good than bad.
seatac76•35m ago
Those numbers are staggering.
mrastro•30m ago
I'm surprised it's that low to be honest. By their definition of any mental illness, it can be anything from severe schizophrenia to mild autism. The subset that would consider suicide is a small slice of that.
Would be more meaningful to look at the % of people with suicidal ideation.
NathanKP•52m ago
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness
Most people don't understand just how mentally unwell the US population is. Of course there are one million talking to ChatGPT about suicide weekly. This is not a surprising stat at all. It's just a question of what to do about it.
At least OpenAI is trying to do something about it.
throwaway314155•42m ago
> At least OpenAI is trying to do something about it.
In this instance it’s a bit like saying “at least Tesla is working on the issue” after deploying a dangerous self driving vehicle to thousands.
NathanKP•29m ago
I would argue that both Tesla self driving (on the highway only), and ChatGPT (for professional use by healthy people) has been more good than bad.
seatac76•35m ago
mrastro•30m ago
Would be more meaningful to look at the % of people with suicidal ideation.