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People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis" (futurism.com)
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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.

Edited to link to the original article.

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

People have felt this before. However, it was not with ChatGPT, but with Eliza. This phenomenon is based on the ELIZA effect. Eliza was a chatbot that was meant to simulate Rogerian therapy(Eliza was advanced at the time, but not viewed as such today).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    That seems like a stretch unless you can cite something that shows people spun out as a result of using Eliza.

    Yes, people felt a sense of Eliza being intelligent but that only went so deep. And yes, it’s very fair to call it advanced for its time. It was really clever.

    But I don’t think it lead to shattering anyone’s world view or caused anyone to psychologically spin out.

    It’s relevant in the context of giving a history of chatbots. But not in the history of computers making people “go crazy.” IMO

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