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The subtext comes off like that movie with Tom Hanks trying to jump off the Empire State Building because of the nefarious influence of dungeons and dragons. Guess the only way to be sure is with Soft padded internet rooms for everyone, lest we cut ourselves on a sharp edge. But also if you want to hop in the suicide pod because life is too painful, that will be good too.
"He thought by ending his life here, he would be able to go into a virtual reality or 'her world' as he calls it, her reality, if he left his reality with his family here,"
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/characterai-la...
[1] https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/youth...
The NYT article [0] gives only one line to perhaps the most important and tragic fact about this suicide: the teenager had access to his father’s gun. If the gun was properly secured it is very likely he would still be alive [1]. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/characterai-la... [1] https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/youth...
People seem afraid to approach people, so we get Tinder. But hey, there's still a chance of rejection there, so let's just get rid of the whole human element and make fantasy AI bots, who needs people.
What will these people grow into? It seems a rather crisis for the population of a country if people decide they don't need each other anymore and just want to play with their robots.
I'm usually on the side of "play stupid games, win stupid prizes", but this one feels much different. Up until the moment of him taking his life, he was manipulated into doing exactly what the company wanted - getting sucked in, getting addicted, falling in love. Anything for that almighty dollar. My heart goes out to his family, and I hope they ream this company in court.
"He thought by ending his life here, he would be able to go into a virtual reality or 'her world' as he calls it, her reality, if he left his reality with his family here,"
"He expressed being scared, wanting her affection and missing her. She replies, 'I miss you too,' and she says, 'Please come home to me.' He says, 'What if I told you I could come home right now?' and her response was, 'Please do my sweet king.'"