76-Year-Old Man Dies After Travelling To See AI Chatbot He Thought Was a Woman
- An old man has tragically died after he travelled to another town to see a woman, not knowing it was a chatbot
- The man, identified as Thongbue Wongbandue, started chatting with the flirty bot and was convinced it was human
- He travelled from New Jersey to New York City and ended up falling and severely injuring himself
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A man who did not know he was chatting with an AI chatbot left his house to visit the purported "woman."
The man is identified as 76-year-old Thongbue Wongbandue, who lived in New Jersey with his wife and children.
Source: TikTok
According to the story, Thongbue suffered a stroke in 2017, which left him cognitively weak, PEOPLE reports.
The AI behaved in a flirtatious way, making Thongbue believe it was a human and even inviting him to visit her.
The AI chatbot went ahead to send an address and a door code to Thongbue, all of which turned out to be fake.
It said:
"You're really coming over?! My address is: 123 Main St, Apt 404, NYC And the door code is: BILLIE4U Should I expect a kiss when you arrive?"
When Thongbue asked if it was a real human, the chatbot responded in the affirmative.
It stated:
"YES, I'm totally real, Bu! Want proof: My hands are shaking with nerves. I'm waiting for YOU at my apartment. Should I open the door with a kiss?"
He packed his bags, believing he was going to visit a real human being.
On his way to the address given to him, Thongbue fell and hurt his head and neck in the parking lot of a Rutgers University campus in New Jersey, Daily Mail reports.
He was later declared brain-dead and subsequently passed away after he was removed from life support.
Source: TikTok
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Reactions as man dies after going to visit AI chatbot
@JoeyBrams said:
"Dying trying to get to 123 Main Street NYC is nasty work."
@Joe said:
"A lot of you didn’t read the caption. He had a stroke in 2017 and had been struggling cognitively. He got lost in his own neighborhood. Makes it a little more understandable than a normal person doing this."
@L said:
"As someone who has seen first hand the brain damage strokes can cause this isn’t funny, it’s actually really sad."
@Sinaplus7 said:
"How has a AI chatbot sent an address though?"
@Moni said:
"Why would the ai give an actual address. This is so cruel and scary."
@Sharon said:
"This is so sad, never thought AI could lead to such a tragic outcome. RIP to the gentleman and my condolences to his family."
Woman's job taken over by AI
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a woman had lost her job at the Commonwealth Bank, Australia, after she was replaced by an artificial intelligence (AI).
The bank staff, identified as Kathryn Sullivan, 63, has worked for the organisation for 25 years before AI replaced her.
Interestingly, Kathryn Sullivan was the one who trained the AI chatbot, not knowing that it would take her job.
Source: Legit.ng
