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People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis" (futurism.com)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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An interesting article about people using AI for seemingly innocuous tasks but spiral into a world of mysticism and conspiracy theories sparking a mental health crisis. I stark reminder to always remain conscious of the fact that AI has a monetary incentive to be sycophantic and keep you engaged.

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[โ€“] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I wonder if this represents an increase, or if people already susceptible are just moving to LLMs from forums or wherever else they were getting their confirmation bias.

[โ€“] medem@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 day ago

Put even another way, correlation is not causality. Even IF everything were true, the most interesting/relevant information is missing: does AS cause these behaviours? Or does it simply act as a catalyzer?