Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals (www.theguardian.com)
from kwero@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 16:48
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ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 17:42 next collapse

Welp. Better than nothing and largely innocuous? Or addictive slippery slope? Hopefully the former.

non_burglar@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 17:49 collapse

I’d say the second, based on evidence we’re already seeing in real-life outcomes. LLM chatbots have been linked directly to several suicides already, which would be a startling pattern if these were visits to a therapist or repeated encouragement from another person.

The most common way ppl interact with AI is with something like chatgpt, and these exhibit some very worrisome and largely sycophantic behaviour.

tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 18:36 next collapse

Big yikes. Panopticon is here and welcome.

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub on 18 Dec 20:40 collapse

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So, Demolition Man was spot on