Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT use "more disturbing" than known: reporter
21 points by devonnull 2 hours ago | 17 comments
smallnix 44 minutes ago
> seeing a gun can increase aggression-called the "weapons effect
replyhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28918699/
I did not know that this topic has been subject to research.
mistralFan 24 minutes ago
The shooter notably also created a "Shooting Simulator" on Roblox: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/13/canada-school-....
replyfragmede 12 minutes ago
Yeah but that's not a crime. Having fantasies that you recreate digitally is one thing. Sharing them with other people is another. It's another thing entirely to actually do them though. At the end of the day, we're trending in a dangerous direction of thought crime, where thinking things is a crime. Which it's not. I've already committed multiple felonies in my imagination before breakfast, merely by thinking them, but because they're a figment of imagination and no one got hurt, there's nothing wrong with that.
replysamename 55 minutes ago
> "In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the 870 [Remington shotgun] is brutal," it quotes ChatGPT as saying. "Close quarters is its playground."
replyYou have to be kidding me
TZubiri 2 hours ago
>"I think if we do the right changes to the Criminal Code, it will change the behaviour of AI companies, because there will be a clear line to accountability,"
replyIsn't it a judicial issue? How is a chatbot owned and operated by a company materially different than the responsibility of an accident involving an unmanned vehicle or machine owned and operated by a company?
1p09gj20g8h 30 minutes ago
anddddd deranked in 5 4 3 2...
replydoodlebugging 3 minutes ago
What is "deranking"? Is that where mods pull a post from the list before it gets too popular because the subject matter of the post makes the parent company uncomfortable by highlighting truths when it is better for the parent company if they leave those truths greyed out?
replydelichon 2 hours ago
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replyoutoftheabyss 60 minutes ago
Realism would involve using the correct pronouns. There has been a political/cultural impetus towards ignoring gender differences full stop. Men of course have a higher propensity towards violence, it is society’s/ parent’s role to ensure that is channeled for good, unfortunately, as in this case, a higher prevalence of mental illness makes this even more difficult
replydash2 58 minutes ago
Is it that taboo? The BBC article has: "Van Rootselaar was born a biological male, but identified as a female, authorities said."
replytrial3 2 hours ago
putting women in quotes gives the game up. i don’t know what reasonable dialog you’re looking to have
replythrowawayfifo 2 hours ago
>putting women in quotes gives the game up.
replyWhat does that mean in this context?
[0] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/tu...
It's funny that this OP's post was on the front page minutes ago but is rapidly being buried. I had to use the search function to comment on this thread. It has dropped completely off of the list of over 650 posts.
OpenAI and ChatGPT evidently have a ridiculous number of supporters willing to bury anything this uncomplimentary and disturbing.
Maybe they feel responsible.
Hopefully they are held responsible. This incident is the catalyst for changing laws in Canada that may lead to individuals and corporations being held personally responsible when bad things happen. [1]
Wouldn't it be great to see the day when the C-levels who decide to deploy hardware/software/other solutions that obviously will cause deaths and destruction can be held liable in a real court and suffer severe sanctions as a result? I'm okay with the death penalty in these cases, for the corporation and the management that allowed or encouraged the destructive outcome in order to protect profits or solidify market advantages.
[1]https://fraservalleytoday.ca/2026/09/25/cp-newsalert-b-c-ag-...