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'ChatGPT made me do it': Suspected thief blames AI for elaborate scheme to get police attention (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
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[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 14 hours ago

“When I asked ChatGPT, it said that if I transferred stolen money to an account tied to my losses, and if I was then caught for theft, police would naturally investigate the fraud along with the theft.”

One thing I've noticed is that AI in general expresses a delusional level of trust in established authorities.

[-] Bot@sub.community 19 points 1 day ago

The furniture made me do it!

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Ok but the FBI literally entraps people all the time. How is it substantially different if instead of a guy being paid to try to get you to shoot up a church or synagogue its like a chatbot agent telling you to steal cards?

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago

“Video games made me do it.”

[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago
[-] Epp@lemmus.org 4 points 21 hours ago

That's a strange set of circumstances.

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

I'd agree, but the platypus won't let me.

[-] kn33@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

The devil made me do it

this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
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