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Isn't it obvious? If ChatGPT convinced more teenagers to not commit suicide, than it has convinced teenagers to commit suicide, then the net contribution is positive, isn't it?

Then the question becomes more if we're fine with some people dying because some other people aren't.

But AFAIK, we don't know (and probably can never know) the exact ratio of people AI has helped still be alive today VS helped contribute to that these people aren't alive today, which makes the whole thing a bit moot.



But the AI companies will have a very good idea of this ratio. They have all the conversations.

In fact, targeted research with this data could help do more research on how to convince more people to stay alive, right?




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