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The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological Harms, New Research Finds (futurism.com)
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[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm pretty sure all drugs go through trials and report adverse effects. Don't they?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    Yes, but the trials are relatively short, about 8 weeks. Just long enough for the effects to kick in but not long enough for results of brain adaptation to kick in, nor any of the longer term side effects.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    But chatbots didn't go through any trials, they were just shipped and people started using them. And this excerpt doesn't say when their adverse effect become noticeable so it could be just couple of weeks.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Are you reading the paragraph I quoted? I'm saying I wish people would look past short-term positive results to see what happens over months or years. Whether or not chatbots are subject to the rigors of federally-administered clinical trials is not the point.

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