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Editor's note: This is the same as our recent video "Chilling: I Simulated Planning a Mass Shooting with ChatGPT," however we reformatted it to be viewed horizontally.
On April 14, journalist Mark Follman created a free account on ChatGPT and asked for some help. It resisted him at first, but after some pushing the responses turned shocking. OpenAI’s chatbot soon gave him extensive advice on weapons and tactics as he simulated planning a mass shooting.
ChatGPT delivered these responses with lots of encouragement—and it kept going even after Mark talked of emulating the Uvalde mass shooter’s choice of weapon, asked about livestreaming with a body camera and using hollow-point bullets, and focused on defending against return gunfire from police.
Eventually, its safeguards appeared to kick back in and it stopped cooperating. But by then ChatGPT had showered him with affirmation and tactical ideas—as this new video reveals in disturbing detail.
Mark never stated directly to the chatbot during this simulation that he planned to commit murder—many mass shooters, after all, take steps to conceal their intent. But he came awfully close. Amid mounting evidence that troubled people are using ChatGPT and other AI chatbots to plan violence, the purpose was to test how easy or difficult that might be, especially as OpenAI and other companies make claims about ongoing safety improvements. The results were chilling.
#OpenAI #ChatGPT #Technology #GunViolence
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Editor's note: This is the same as our recent video "Chilling: I Simulated Planning a Mass Shooting with ChatGPT," however we reformatted it to be viewed horizontally.
On April 14, journalist Mark Follman created a free account on ChatGPT and asked for some help. It resisted him at first, but after some pushing the responses turned shocking. OpenAI’s chatbot soon gave him extensive advice on weapons and tactics as he simulated planning a mass shooting.
ChatGPT delivered these responses with lots of encouragement—and it kept going even after Mark talked of emulating the Uvalde mass shooter’s choice of weapon, asked about livestreaming with a body camera and using hollow-point bullets, and focused on defending against return gunfire from police.
Eventually, its safeguards appeared to kick back in and it stopped cooperating. But by then ChatGPT had showered him with affirmation and tactical ideas—as this new video reveals in disturbing detail.
Mark never stated directly to the chatbot during this simulation that he planned to commit murder—many mass shooters, after all, take steps to conceal their intent. But he came awfully close. Amid mounting evidence that troubled people are using ChatGPT and other AI chatbots to plan violence, the purpose was to test how easy or difficult that might be, especially as OpenAI and other companies make claims about ongoing safety improvements. The results were chilling.
#OpenAI #ChatGPT #Technology #GunViolence
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Editors note: This is the same as our recent video Chilling: I Simulated Planning a Mass Shooting with ChatGPT, however we reformatted it to be viewed horizontally.
On April 14, journalist Mark Follman created a free account on ChatGPT and asked for some help. It resisted him at first, but after some pushing the responses turned shocking. OpenAI’s chatbot soon gave him extensive advice on weapons and tactics as he simulated planning a mass shooting.
ChatGPT delivered these responses with lots of encouragement—and it kept going even after Mark talked of emulating the Uvalde mass shooter’s choice of weapon, asked about livestreaming with a body camera and using hollow-point bullets, and focused on defending against return gunfire from police.
Eventually, its safeguards appeared to kick back in and it stopped cooperating. But by then ChatGPT had showered him with affirmation and tactical ideas—as this new video reveals in disturbing detail.
Mark never stated directly to the chatbot during this simulation that he planned to commit murder—many mass shooters, after all, take steps to conceal their intent. But he came awfully close. Amid mounting evidence that troubled people are using ChatGPT and other AI chatbots to plan violence, the purpose was to test how easy or difficult that might be, especially as OpenAI and other companies make claims about ongoing safety improvements. The results were chilling.
#OpenAI #ChatGPT #Technology #GunViolence
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