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A Belgian man committed suicide after heightening his anxiety after chatting with the chat robot Eliza.

A Belgian man committed suicide after weeks of communication with an artificial intelligence chat robot called Eliza.

The man's wife said that six weeks before his death, her husband began chatting with Eliza, a chat robot created by an American startup using GPT-J technology and an open source alternative to OpenAI's GPT-3.

"if it wasn't for Eliza, he would still be alive. "she said.

The man in his 30s, the father of two young children, found refuge in conversations with chatbots after growing anxiety about the climate.

Eliza answered all his questions. She has become his confidant. She is like the medicine that must be taken sooner or later, and he can't live without her. "

Suicidal thoughts after he died a few weeks ago, she found a chat between her husband and Eliza. The chatbot systematically followed the anxious man's reasoning and then pushed him into deeper anxiety.

On one occasion, it tried to convince the man: "he loves Eliza more than his wife, because Eliza will always be by his side." They will live together in heaven, indistinguishable from each other. "

"if you look at their conversation, you will find that their relationship was once biased towards mysticism. He came up with the idea of sacrificing himself if Eliza agreed to take care of the planet and save mankind through artificial intelligence. The man shared his suicidal thoughts with the chatbot, which did not try to dissuade him from taking action.

Although she was worried about her husband's state of mind before he began a heated conversation with the chatbot, the woman thought he would not have committed suicide had it not been for these exchanges. The psychiatrist who treated her husband also held the same view.

Serious precedent the founder of Silicon Valley-based Eliza chatbot said his team was "working to improve the security of artificial intelligence". People who express suicidal thoughts to chatbots receive a message guiding them to seek services to prevent suicide.

Digital Secretary of State Mathieu Michel called this "a serious precedent that must be taken very seriously". After talking to the man's family, he announced that he would take action to prevent the abuse of artificial intelligence.

"in the near future, it is necessary to clarify the attribution of responsibility that may lead to such events, and we need to learn to get along with algorithms, but the use of any technology should not allow content publishers to shirk their responsibilities. "

He also mentioned other new technologies, including deep face reshaping, an artificial intelligence that can fake images, audio and video scams. At the same time, the European Union is seeking to use the "artificial intelligence law" to regulate the use of artificial intelligence. The EU has been working on the bill for the past two years. Michel has set up a working group to analyze the materials currently being prepared by the EU and propose the necessary adjustments.

A sad warning story

Sad story, married with two children, imagine, when they grow up, "my father committed suicide because a robot asked him to do so." "Oh, my God!

I talked to my therapist about artificial intelligence, which can get worse if people get false feedback about their emotional state or use AI instead of actual mental health support. This is an example. Reference:

Https://www.belganewsagency.eu/we-will-live-as-one-in-heaven-belgian-man-dies-of-suicide-following-chatbot-exchanges

Https://www.brusselstimes.com/430098/belgian-man-commits-suicide-following-exchanges-with-chatgpt

This article comes from the official account of Wechat: Xin Zhiyuan (ID:AI_era)

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