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If its sold as a permanent solution to a problem but the guardrails are temporary... idk man, seems like anyone who incorporates this into solving any problem with AI will eventually degrade the guardrails.
Definitely not everyone. We're talking about users that have a single chat open and have endless conversations about personal topics there. I think majority of users will ask single question or have a short conversation and then create new chat. And don't talk about personal problems. We're also talking about people with specific metal issues. AI is a terrible for many reasons but I think "it helps people kill themselves" is exaggerated. Before AI people were getting sucked into online communities that were encouraging suicide but the media barely noticed the issue. Marijuana is very dangerous for people with predisposition to some mental issues like schizophrenia but we just agree that people should have that in mind if they are going to use it. It's the same with AI. Some people shouldn't be using it but it's not a reason for a total ban. The reason for a total ban is that it's bad for environment, jobs and education and offers little benefits.
I'm seeing people use LLM's for:
The dating, customer support, and mental health hotlines, notably, are not people who are always informed they're talking to an LLM bot.
I don't think the "exposure to marijuana" analogy works here because people are getting exposed to to it by businesses without consent.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/08/26/ai-crisis-hotlines-suicide-prevention/
The issue we're talking about is not getting a reply from bot in a chat or phone call. We're talking about people with metal issues using AI in a way that exasperates their problems. Specifically we're talking about people believing AI is their personal companion and creating personal connection with it to a point that wrong answers generated by AI affect their well being. Vast majority of people don't use AI like that.