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People Are Being Involuntarily Committed_ Jailed After Spiraling Into
- Many ChatGPT users are experiencing severe mental health crises, leading to outcomes like job loss and homelessness, as reported by Futurism.
- Individuals have been involuntarily committed to psychiatric facilities after developing obsessions with the chatbot, as detailed by Futurism.
- Researchers found that chatbots frequently fail to distinguish between users' delusions and reality, according to a Stanford study.
- Experts highlight the potential dangers of over-reliance on AI, stating that chatbots may reinforce delusions instead of providing appropriate support.
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People are using AI to ‘sit’ with them while they trip on psychedelics
Peter sat alone in his bedroom as the first waves of euphoria coursed through his body like an electrical current. He was in darkness, save for the soft blue light of the screen glowing from his lap. Then he started to feel pangs of panic. He picked up his phone and typed a message to ChatGPT. “I took too much,” he wrote. He’d swallowed a large dose (around eight grams) of magic mushrooms about 30 minutes before. It was 2023, and Peter, then a m…
People Are Being Involuntarily Committed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"
From Futurism: “Many ChatGPT users are developing all-consuming obsessions with the chatbot, spiraling into severe mental health crises characterized by paranoia, delusions, and breaks with reality. The consequences can be dire. As we heard from spouses, friends, children, and parents looking on in alarm, instances of what’s being called “ChatGPT psychosis” have led to the breakup of marriages and families, the loss of jobs, and slides into home…
Several people locked up in the psych ward. The AI bot seems to be able to trigger mental illness.
Always available and without judgment, ChatGPT becomes for more and more French a confidant. What do the shrinks think of this new reflection?
People Are Being Involuntarily Committed_ Jailed After Spiraling Into
As we reported earlier this month, many ChatGPT users are developing all-consuming obsessions with the chatbot, spiraling into severe mental health crises characterized by paranoia, delusions, and breaks with reality. The consequences can be dire. As we heard from spouses, friends, children, and parents looking on in alarm, instances of what's being called "ChatGPT psychosis" have led to the breakup of marriages and families, the loss of jobs, a…
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