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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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[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 57 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The article presents zero evidence and sounds as if it were written as a dogshit gossip article spread through a throwaway magazine at grocery store racks claiming aliens impregnated a man.

[–] dovah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

And every article on this cites the same futurism.com article which provides no real evidence. Totally unreliable.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

aliens impregnated a man.

But at least that's believable. A male-presenting person with a vagina has sex with a man and doesn't want to admit to the situation because it seems gay and that is shunned at the time.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Probably written by ChatGPT

[–] ScrooLewse@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it produces a couple of salient points about AI and mental health, but then it feels the need bookend them with these lurid tales of sudden madness. Honestly when you have dudes leaving their wives and kids for chat bots out in the real world, you really don't need to spin yarns of deific delusions. Or at least you should back them up with a source.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

People are cashing in on anti-AI hysteria. I've seen people claim that the goal of these things is specifically to create new mental illnesses.