An incidence of yesterday alarmed me about threat of AI. It was around 3 pm when my doorbell rang terribly. It was not a usual clinic time of mine.My pet started barking very loudly.When I opened the door I found one old couple shaking and crying and requested me for a session. Perplexed, I guided both of them to my clinic . After sometime when they settled I started the session. I learnt that an hour before they received a call from an unknown person whose picture was of an inspector .The man had told them that their son was trapped in a sex scandal and is inside the prison. They demanded from the old couple Rs.150000 to release the son. They made the couple listen the crying and sinking voice of their son in which he was telling to the parents for his innocency. The shaken couple requested to reduce the amount to Rs.50000 which they agreed but were insisting immediate action. In-between the couple tried to contact their son and his friends along with their daughters. The son -law advised not to take the phone calls of the culprits. After all the couple were able to connect their son on video with this friends, relieving this old couple from the trauma but they were still under shock and crying just like after a nightmare . I had to work hard to bring them to a normal state of mind ,though I knew they were still shaking inside.
This episode is now a days very common . The culprits were using AI as their vital tools to recreate the situation virtually and forced the couple to consider it as real .This criminal activity not only put people at unrecoverable financial loss but more importantly at terrible mental trauma . Sometimes it leads to PTSD ,that is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as being observed in the old couple. I had to make them stay with me late night till their son reached to my clinic. . At that time I thought to write on this type of PTSD being caused by misuse of modern AI Technology. I am writing this post to make all people be aware of these type of scams and instead of fulfilling the demands of the culprits, must contact their family members, friends ,and competent legal authorities. In all circumstances they will find the real situation and may be able to soothe the traumatized person/s.
So , TRAIN YOUR MIND to remain in positive orientation of adopting a cool and composed mind state to face unexpected terrible trauma in your life. I am sure you will not only face the Traumatic Stressfull situations boldly but also prevent yourself from any PTSD.
Enjoy days always ahead dealing mindfully with Traumatic situations.
31st July , Dr.Ajawani's Happiness Clinic
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