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Comment by adamredwoods | Hacker News Reader

That's not what the OP originally posted. Also, suicide is never the answer.

The OP didn’t say they were going to kill themselves in actuality, the OP said they’d rather end their own life than talk to an AI to reduce loneliness. We can extrapolate that the OP won’t kill themselves because there is no known current status quo in which the OP could not escape talking to AI to reduce loneliness. Just because suicide was mentioned doesn’t mean suicide is intended. No reason to be so dramatic or befuddled by simple hyperbole.

To quote:

>> I would rather kill myself than talk to an AI to “reduce loneliness.”

Is a dramatic hyperbole. So therefore, if this is the first thing a person thinks in reaction to seeing an article about chatting with an AI companion, then I would suspect there's a bit more going on.

Again "killing oneself" is never the answer.

Okay, you ring your bell.

>> Okay, you ring your bell.

What an odd thing to say.

> Again "killing oneself" is never the answer.

While well-intentioned, such blanket statements oversimplify a complex issue and are ultimately counterproductive. This topic deserves more nuanced discussion, especially on a platform known for thoughtful discourse.

> A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from straightforward language use or literal meaning to produce a rhetorical or intensified effect (emotionally, aesthetically, intellectually, etc.).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech

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