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AI Chatbots Linked to Psychosis, Say Doctors

17 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 11mo ago

m4ck_ 11mo ago
Our mental health is a sacrifice the people pushing AI are willing to make.
- ares623 11mo ago
  My 20 PRs per day will insulate me when society collapses
- nephihaha 11mo ago
  I think it is a chicken and egg situation. The atomisation of society is an engineered situation, and the result of that is that people turn to AI for company.
sandspar 11mo ago
Hundreds of millions of users is a big ice cream scoop, and 1% of people will have a psychotic episode. Hard to avoid an overlap.
gnabgib 11mo ago
They've been saying it a few months First Murder-Suicide Case Associated with AI Psychosis (42 points, 3 months ago, 35 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45088651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45088651 OpenAI investor suspected to fall into ChatGTP-induced psychosis (51 points, 5 months ago, 14 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44598052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44598052 In Search of AI Psychosis (214 points, 4 months ago, 235 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45027072 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45027072 Ask HN: What's Going on with AI Psychosis? (9 points, 5 months ago, 2 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44855226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44855226 People Are Being Involuntarily Committed After Spiraling into ChatGPT Psychosis (63 points, 6 months ago, 89 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44405464 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44405464 Let's Talk About ChatGPT-Induced Spiritual Psychosis (95 points, 6 months ago, 89 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44285426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44285426
nephihaha 11mo ago
Paywalled.
dtagames 11mo ago
https://archive.ph/q8UAL https://archive.ph/q8UAL
dtagames 11mo ago
This makes sense if you think of chatbots as "faster books," or books plus a TikTok algo. Every kind of BS ever written is already in the training data. No one culled out falsehoods or "bad data." Since the tool is trained to respond precisely to your prompts, the algo feeding you (truth or) BS is laser focused and highly effective.

17 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 11mo ago

m4ck_ 11mo ago

Our mental health is a sacrifice the people pushing AI are willing to make.

ares623 11mo ago
My 20 PRs per day will insulate me when society collapses
nephihaha 11mo ago
I think it is a chicken and egg situation. The atomisation of society is an engineered situation, and the result of that is that people turn to AI for company.

sandspar 11mo ago

Hundreds of millions of users is a big ice cream scoop, and 1% of people will have a psychotic episode. Hard to avoid an overlap.

gnabgib 11mo ago

They've been saying it a few months First Murder-Suicide Case Associated with AI Psychosis (42 points, 3 months ago, 35 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45088651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45088651 OpenAI investor suspected to fall into ChatGTP-induced psychosis (51 points, 5 months ago, 14 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44598052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44598052 In Search of AI Psychosis (214 points, 4 months ago, 235 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45027072 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45027072 Ask HN: What's Going on with AI Psychosis? (9 points, 5 months ago, 2 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44855226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44855226 People Are Being Involuntarily Committed After Spiraling into ChatGPT Psychosis (63 points, 6 months ago, 89 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44405464 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44405464 Let's Talk About ChatGPT-Induced Spiritual Psychosis (95 points, 6 months ago, 89 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44285426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44285426

nephihaha 11mo ago

Paywalled.

dtagames 11mo ago

https://archive.ph/q8UAL https://archive.ph/q8UAL

dtagames 11mo ago

This makes sense if you think of chatbots as "faster books," or books plus a TikTok algo. Every kind of BS ever written is already in the training data. No one culled out falsehoods or "bad data." Since the tool is trained to respond precisely to your prompts, the algo feeding you (truth or) BS is laser focused and highly effective.