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Baitball Blogger

(52,747 posts)
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:07 PM 8 hrs ago

ChatGPt's advice may have destroyed a family.

Yomiuri Giants baseball manager Abe resigns after arrest over allegedly assaulting his daughter

TOKYO (AP) — Shinnosuke Abe has resigned as manager of Japan’s storied baseball team Yomiuri Giants after being arrested for the alleged assault of his teenage daughter.

The Yomiuri newspaper, which owns the team, said Abe allegedly grabbed his 18-year-old daughter by the collar and threw her down to the floor as he tried to stop her fighting with her younger sister at home in Tokyo on Monday.

The daughter, whose name has not been released, then contacted a child guidance center after asking artificial intelligence app ChatGPT what to do, she said in a statement released Tuesday. To her surprise, she said, the child center reported the alleged incident to police and police showed up at their house hours later.

“I broke down in tears seeing my father apprehended,” she said.

https://apnews.com/article/japan-baseball-yomiuri-giants-abe-resigns-arrest-09216977f667905a748c013844bea88a

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BlueTsunami2018

(5,085 posts)
2. Yeah, going to Chat GPT is not the smartest thing to do there.
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:37 PM
8 hrs ago

People depending on this bullshit to make all their decisions is ridiculous. Having it call the cops automatically is also a very dangerous thing. It’s auto fascism.

Sadly, we’re going to be seeing a lot of nonsense like this as we go along.

regnaD kciN

(27,714 posts)
3. From the story, it sounds like ChatGPT didn't call the cops...
Tue May 26, 2026, 08:48 PM
7 hrs ago

…but directed the daughter to call a counseling agency that turned out to be mandatory reporters.

luv2fly

(2,723 posts)
4. "Destroyed?" No.
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:09 PM
6 hrs ago

The daughter has forgiven the father, and ChatGPT isn't to blame here.

Hardly seems to have "destroyed" the family.

Baitball Blogger

(52,747 posts)
5. Father has lost a high profile job.
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:15 PM
6 hrs ago

They are Japanese and in Japan, something of this nature has far more social repercussions than they do in the West.

The child will probably get massive pressure and condemnation from her friends and neighbors because she didn't handle it in a more discrete manner. In retrospect, it looks like she would have chosen another way because she didn't realize the full extent of the blowback her father would get.

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,244 posts)
6. "The child will probably get massive pressure and condemnation from her friends and neighbors because she didn't handle
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:17 PM
6 hrs ago
it in a more discrete manner."
Cite?

Baitball Blogger

(52,747 posts)
7. What needs to be cited? You just need to know a thing or two about Asian culture.
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:25 PM
6 hrs ago

As a group, they can be very swift at condemning members of their own culture for social indiscretions. It's a crap shoot if they blame the older sister for getting in a fight with the younger sister or vice versa since they expect younger people to respect and obey those who are older, with the ultimate progression being, filial piety.

luv2fly

(2,723 posts)
8. He lost face
Tue May 26, 2026, 10:06 PM
5 hrs ago

It's not surprising that he resigned.

Again, the family hardly seems to have been "destroyed."

EdmondDantes_

(2,116 posts)
9. I'm sorry, why are we blaming ChatGPT for him throwing his daughter to the ground?
Tue May 26, 2026, 10:20 PM
5 hrs ago

If his daughters thought fighting was a good way to resolve their problems, doesn't suggest his parenting prior to throwing his kid to the ground was that great either.

Actions have consequences. I wasn't a perfect kid, the only parent who ever committed violence against me got cut out of my life for that. No regrets from me on that 20+ years later.

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