Hacker News with Generative AI: Suicide

Mental Health, Psychedelics and Life (docs.google.com)
After 18 months of intolerable torture, and after many months of consideration I have decided to end my life.

Mental Health, Psychedelics, Suicide

13 points by FartyMcFarter 15 days ago | 1 comments

Parents of OpenAI Whistleblower Don't Believe He Died by Suicide, Order Autopsy (sfist.com)
There is a bit more intrigue around the tragic death late last month of former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji, who was found dead in his Lower Haight apartment of an apparent suicide.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Death, Suicide, Investigations

230 points by miles 22 days ago | 151 comments

OpenAI Whistleblower's Death Ruled Suicide, Police Say (forbes.com)
An OpenAI whistleblower took his own life late last month in his San Francisco apartment.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, News, Suicide, Law Enforcement

8 points by ivewonyoung 35 days ago | 1 comments

HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death (arstechnica.com)
The week before Thanksgiving, Marshall Brain sent a final email to his colleagues at North Carolina State University. "I have just been through one of the most demoralizing, depressing, humiliating, unjust processes possible with the university," wrote the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and director of NC State's Engineering Entrepreneurs Program. Hours later, campus police found that Brain had died by suicide.

Tech News, Obituaries, Suicide, Entrepreneurship, Education

16 points by LinuxBender 45 days ago | 3 comments

Farmers' Suicide in the United States (wikipedia.org)
Farmers are among the most likely to die by suicide, in comparison to other occupations, according to a study published in January 2020 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Agriculture, Mental Health, Suicide, United States

77 points by nativeit 60 days ago | 35 comments

Association of holidays and the day of the week with multicounty suicide risk (bmj.com)
Suicide is an important global public health concern. According to the World Health Organization, more than 700 000 people died due to suicide in 2019, accounting for approximately 1.3% of deaths, which was higher than the number of deaths by malaria, HIV/AIDS, and breast cancer.

Public Health, Suicide, Epidemiology, Seasonal Patterns, Mental Health

7 points by rntn 83 days ago | 1 comments

Lawsuit blames Character.AI in death of 14-year-old boy (techcrunch.com)
Character.AI is being targeted in a lawsuit after the suicide of a 14-year-old Florida boy whose mother says he became obsessed with a chatbot on the platform.

AI, Lawsuits, Suicide, Technology, Chatbots

14 points by andygcook 87 days ago | 2 comments

Can A.I. be blamed for a teen's suicide? (nytimes.com)
The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy says he became obsessed with a chatbot on Character.AI before his death.

Artificial Intelligence, Suicide, Teenagers, Mental Health

52 points by uxhacker 87 days ago | 132 comments

CDC reports social media associated with bullying, sadness, and suicide (cdc.gov)
This report provides the first national prevalence estimate of social media use from a representative sample of U.S. high school students.

Social Media, Health, Teenagers, Suicide, Bullying

5 points by cwoolfe 101 days ago | 3 comments

Swiss police make arrests over suspected death in 'suicide capsule' (theguardian.com)
Swiss police say they have opened a criminal investigation and arrested several people after the suspected death of a woman in a so-called suicide capsule.

Switzerland, Crime, Death, Suicide, Assisted Suicide

6 points by bookofjoe 116 days ago | 1 comments

Several people detained in Switzerland over death in a 'suicide capsule' (apnews.com)
Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.”

Switzerland, Suicide, Crime, Technology

48 points by impish9208 116 days ago | 68 comments

'I Don't Want to Die.' He needed mental health care. He found a ghost network (npr.org)
Early one morning in February 2023, before the sun rose over Phoenix, Ravi Coutinho went on a walk and, for a brief moment, thought about hurling his body in front of a moving bus.

Mental Health, Ghost Networks, Suicide

207 points by jameslk 118 days ago | 198 comments

Access to broadband internet causally linked to reduction in suicides (nber.org)

Broadband Internet, Suicide, Public Health, Research, Economics

15 points by therabbithole 200 days ago | 9 comments

South Korea administrative robot defunct after apparent suicide (channelnewsasia.com)

South Korea, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Suicide

7 points by hilux 200 days ago | 2 comments

Pattern of brain damage is pervasive in Navy SEALs who died by suicide (nytimes.com)

Military, Mental Health, Suicide, Neuroscience

663 points by thelastgallon 202 days ago | 575 comments

Boeing whistleblower John 'Mitch' Barnett died by suicide, coroner rules (seattletimes.com)