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The real story is how we draw that line and what can be done to prevent these cases.

Because its a new situation, and mentally ill people exist and will be using these tools. Could be a new avenue of intervention.

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Place it under the jurisdiction of existing public speech requirements of a company selling communication - advertising.

Agreed it could be prevented - don’t think Google should pay for it though. Tragic but not suit worthy.

Why not?

Unless someone starts getting slapped with fines, they won't put any equivalent of seat belts in.

We can perhaps say this is a first time thing, so give a small fine this time. However those should be with the promise that if there is a next time the fine will be much bigger until Google stops doing this.

If I tell you to kill yourself and you go through with it, will I get into legal trouble or not?

There are definitely jurisdictions in the US (perhaps most or all of them) that have laws which say yes, inciting suicide is a crime.

There are ways to get around that: "Hey, go drive a Tesla on autopilot"

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