<p>"There have been several incidents where interaction with a chatbot has been cited as a direct or contributing factor in a person's suicide or other fatal outcome. In some cases, legal action was taken against the companies that developed the AI involved."</p><p>CW: Death, of course.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_linked_to_chatbots" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_linked_to_chatbots"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_l</span><span class="invisible">inked_to_chatbots</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#death</a></p>
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<p>"And so you fall," the dark lord tossed the hero's own broken blade on his back.</p><p>It was nothing less than a miracle he'd made it that far. Never in all the attempts on his life had he encountered any youth so plucky, naive, and woefully incompetent. Things like trying to sneak in wearing ill-fitting armor, or putting ladders on the walls like one couldn't simply wait for him to get most of the way and push it over. Somehow he had survived things that would have ended a mountain goat. It was only sheer persistence and one foolish guard failing to read the title of a book: "How to Pick Locks."</p><p>It was almost a pity, some idea of destiny in his head, youthful ignorance distilled.</p><p>He noticed a candy bar in the boy's pocket and decided to celebrate. He respectfully pinched the wrapper and slipped it out, opened it and took a bite. Surprisingly good!</p><p>He swallowed and took another, but his throat began to close. His eyes widened.</p><p>Peanuts!</p><p><a href="/tags/tootfic/" rel="tag">#TootFic</a> <a href="/tags/smallstories/" rel="tag">#SmallStories</a> <a href="/tags/microfiction/" rel="tag">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="/tags/destiny/" rel="tag">#destiny</a> <a href="/tags/allergies/" rel="tag">#allergies</a> <a href="/tags/peanuts/" rel="tag">#peanuts</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#death</a></p>
<p>"...the first rebellious act that a man can perform (is) refusing to sleep. That's the real <a href="/tags/rebellion/" rel="tag">#rebellion</a> against <a href="/tags/life/" rel="tag">#life</a> and the generative process. That's the real <a href="/tags/human/" rel="tag">#human</a> idea: I refuse to sleep. I'm going to protest the idea of <a href="/tags/sleep/" rel="tag">#sleep</a> by turning night into day. I'm going to revel and drink and womanize all night. In this way, I show <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a>, <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#death</a>, the natural process of destruction, decay, and regeneration - I show it all that with my mind, my will, I, <a href="/tags/man/" rel="tag">#man</a>, triumph."<br><a href="/tags/leonardcohen/" rel="tag">#LeonardCohen</a> on <a href="/tags/night/" rel="tag">#night</a> owls</p>
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<p>Fascinating <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#documentary</a> on the <a href="/tags/challenger/" rel="tag">#Challenger</a> space shuttle <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#disaster</a>. Apparently <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> withheld quite a bit of <a href="/tags/information/" rel="tag">#information</a> from the <a href="/tags/public/" rel="tag">#public</a> for decades.</p><p>While it was true the rubber O rings failed due to subfreezing temperatures, NASA ignored engineers warnings and proceeded with the launch. What isn't true is the <a href="/tags/astronauts/" rel="tag">#astronauts</a> vaporizing due to the <a href="/tags/explosion/" rel="tag">#explosion</a>. Withheld <a href="/tags/evidence/" rel="tag">#evidence</a> showed not only were they aware, they activated <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#emergency</a> air tanks and were passengers trapped in a cabin on a <a href="/tags/terrifying/" rel="tag">#terrifying</a> high speed freefall which slammed into the ocean.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjwDA9euytQ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjwDA9euytQ"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjwDA9</span><span class="invisible">euytQ</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/launch/" rel="tag">#launch</a> <a href="/tags/failure/" rel="tag">#failure</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#death</a> <a href="/tags/investigation/" rel="tag">#investigation</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/wow/" rel="tag">#wow</a></p>
<p>An Idaho advisory panel is developing a bill to require autopsies in circumstances including unexplained child deaths.</p><p>The state would help fund autopsies for coroners who get national certification, to address underfunding and bolster standards.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroner-system-legislation-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroner-system-legislation-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-coroner-system-legislation-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#Death</a> <a href="/tags/coroner/" rel="tag">#Coroner</a> <a href="/tags/forensics/" rel="tag">#Forensics</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>