BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoAfter using ChatGPT, man swaps his salt for sodium bromide—and suffers psychosisarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgworldnews@aussie.zonefuck_ai@lemmy.worldnottheonion@lemmy.worldpublichealth@mander.xyzfuck_ai@lemmy.world
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkAfter using ChatGPT, man swaps his salt for sodium bromide—and suffers psychosisarstechnica.comBountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgworldnews@aussie.zonefuck_ai@lemmy.worldnottheonion@lemmy.worldpublichealth@mander.xyzfuck_ai@lemmy.world
minus-squareLyudmila [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThere’s the issue of relatively acute poisoning vs chronic poisoning. Much smaller quantities can be dangerous if taken regularly over a long period. One liter a day over 60 years might be equally problematic.
minus-squareLe_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoi was tired when i was reading about it but they seemed to think the bromide takes about a week to clear in adults, which was enough to get the medical use stopped.
There’s the issue of relatively acute poisoning vs chronic poisoning.
Much smaller quantities can be dangerous if taken regularly over a long period. One liter a day over 60 years might be equally problematic.
i was tired when i was reading about it but they seemed to think the bromide takes about a week to clear in adults, which was enough to get the medical use stopped.