https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/calif-teen-chatgpt-drug-advice-fatal-overdose-21266718.php

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"A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose. Amid a wave of hype for OpenAI's chatbot, the newly reported death shows stark risk"

1/5/2026 7:11:33 PM

Quote :

"again though, these are problems about ourselves. it is our own human nature we are navigating, it's not really about the technology."

1/6/2026 12:30:14 PM

How much of an illicit substance can I take without killing myself?

RIP Common Sense

GNSP

1/6/2026 3:21:06 PM

Are we talking about the human nature of business leaders releasing products without sufficient safety features and not taking responsibility for harm?

1/6/2026 10:56:37 PM

I took it as more of a commentary on humans not doing the right thing, vis a vis doing drugs

\/ oh

1/6/2026 11:01:28 PM

1/6/2026 11:10:33 PM

Quote :

" Are we talking about the human nature of business leaders releasing products without sufficient safety features and not taking responsibility for harm?"

[link]https://web.archive.org/web/20150315003211/http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/09/the_nanny_state_didnt_show_up.html[/link]

Quote :

" On the one hand, we live in a society that values free choice and personal responsibility, but we are told that it is safe to value those things only because people expect a certain amount of absence of choice and freedom from responsibility. You assume you would not be allowed to make a truly dangerous choice. What you don't understand consciously is that your judgment of risk is based on the fact that you believe in God, and this is even more true if you think you don't believe in God. I can sense your resistance to this idea because you think you don't believe in God, but sadly for your immortal soul, you do. … Imagine if when Buckyballs were first invented, the manufacturer decided not to bring them to market because they were too dangerous. What would you have been furious then? You'd have thought: "meh." That is because your brain is broken, and your brain is broken because the system broke it. Again, it's not your fault. The true danger of the "Nanny State" isn't that it limits your freedoms but that it causes you to want less freedom. Note again and again that the instinctive reflex among the public is to blame the individual and protect the corporation, the system. You'd think we'd be happy if the system caught an after-market danger, but clearly we aren't, it enrages us. The rage isn't because the government intrudes into our lives-- it always has-- it's because it's evidence that the system wasn't-- and therefore isn't-- omniscient. When a product isn't brought to market because it's dangerous it confirms that Dad is reliable, but when it's only discovered later it suggests Dad can be unreliable, and there's nothing worse than an unreliable Dad, unless it's an unreliable God. "

[Edited on January 7, 2026 at 11:12 AM. Reason : F]

1/7/2026 11:07:00 AM

^Cleaner link for you

1/7/2026 11:14:50 AM