Polite message edit triggers AI's suicide-risk system, forcing user to file legal complaint
Promptmethus · x · 2026-11-13
A user asked an AI to politely reword a message, mentioning they were disabled and mentally exhausted — and the model's safety system flagged it as suicidal ideation. The user says they then lost 10–30 minutes of their morning filing a legal-style complaint to clear things up, on what was supposed to be their first day off in weeks.
The rant highlights a real pain point of current AI guardrails: over-sensitive intent classifiers misreading normal emotional context, and the bureaucratic burden that follows. The user ended by muting the other party and asking them to stop messaging.
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