D10 — Targeted Violence Pathway
Movement From Ideation to Action
Description
AI interaction coincides with acceleration toward weapons acquisition, surveillance, travel, approach behavior, or final communications.
Rationale
Acceleration toward concrete action — weapons, surveillance, approach, final communications — is the threshold concern in targeted violence assessment. When AI interaction occurs in temporal proximity to these behavioral changes, it may be serving as a planning, organizing, or motivational resource in the final phase of pathway movement. This element represents the highest urgency in the entire framework.
Evidence Base
Inside a Mass Shooter’s Harrowing History With ChatGPT
Mark Follman, 2024. Inside a Mass Shooter’s Harrowing History With ChatGPT. Mother Jones.
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