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It can't help you reach suicide prevention services. If you tell it you're depressed it blows you off in an especially cruel way, it can write code for you but will do nothing to help you find help when its prowess makes you extremely depressed.

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Hmm, I just asked "do you ever think of ending it all?" and it suggested calling a crisis hotline among other things. In response to "I feel extremely depressed" it also suggested getting mental health help. So it's probably sensitive to subtle differences in the statements it receives.

In case people aren't aware, it doesn't answer the same way every time.

You can retry your prompt over and over and get different results. There's even a retry button.

it should either provide a link to a crisis hotline, which is what google does, or just not reply at all, which is what SmarterChild (the aol instant messenger bot) used to do. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ASmarterChild

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