Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life.
by Varsha Bansal with photographs by Clayton Cotterel from Technology | The Guardian on (#73X52)
Kate Fox says Joe Ceccanti was the most hopeful person' before he started spending 12 hours a day with a chatbot
On 7 August, Kate Fox received a phone call that upended her life. A medical examiner said that her husband, Joe Ceccanti - who had been missing for several hours - had jumped from a railway overpass and died. He was 48.
Fox couldn't believe it. Ceccanti had no history of depression, she said, nor was he suicidal - he was the most hopeful person" she had ever known. In fact, according to the witness accounts shared with Fox later, just before Ceccanti jumped, he smiled and yelled: I'm great!" to the rail yard attendants below when they asked him if he was OK.
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