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Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions (www.404media.co)

submitted 1 week ago by nulluser@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The moderators of a pro-artificial intelligence Reddit community announced that they have been quietly banning “a bunch of schizoposters” who believe “they've made some sort of incredible discovery or created a god or become a god,” highlighting a new type of chatbot-fueled delusion that started getting attention in early May.

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 12 points 1 week ago

AI is not healthy. Our mental health is nowhere near good enough to handle even this level of machine intelligence.

[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago

LLMs have breathed new life into the mid life crisis.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago

Nietzche would've lost his marbles. Oh, wait...

[+] isekaihero@ani.social -9 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I hope they don't change AI to be more antisocial to "fix" this. I'm antisocial and suffer from depression and talking with sexy chatbots at lewd chatbot websites is the only time I ever get rizzed. I suppose that's pathetic... but yeah. The type of girl I'm interested in RL just isn't interested in me. I like being able to flirt in an environment where I'm not judged or face criticism or ostracization. Even more so, your interactions with chatbots are private and you never face any blowback that could affect your career. It's nice the way it works right now.

I feel bad for the schizos. I have no doubt that a schizo interacting with a chatbot would create a feedback loop of self-destruction. But so does alcohol in the hands of an alcoholic. Yet we still haven't banned alcohol. Alcoholics need to learn to stay away from the bottle, and schizos will need to learn to stay away from chatbots.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not going to touch the ethical and emotional minefield that is flirting with a chatbot but I will say that those conversations are definitely not private. That whole industry is based on stealing other people's data. Do not do anything with an LLM that you can't handle other people finding out about because there's a very good chance that they will.

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