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annamegill.com • 55 days ago

This is fascinating--and concerning

this feels like an incredible new urban legend taking shape on reddit otoh I've lowkey seen this happen. like jerusalem syndrome but for talking to the computer

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mawgac.bsky.social•55 days ago

You, I'd prefer Black Mirror e remain fiction, please.

sphynxian.bsky.social•55 days ago

ah yes the untreated mental illness amplifier machine 💀

coconutmilkf.bsky.social•55 days ago

The dismaying consequence of building a service whose main draw is creating a feedback loop for whatever worldview you feed it. The perfect "companion" who will never give you any pushback.

leftoblique.bsky.social•55 days ago

The thing that jumps out is the "they turned off context but it is still keeping context" thing; I mean, on one hand, the bullshit machine being able to riff even without context is probably just A Thing, but also, man, OpenAI not great with privacy or consent, so...

mercygrimm.bsky.social•55 days ago

The 4th image makes it clear what's happening: these are mentally ill or imbalanced people and chatGPT is the conversation parter least likely to interrupt them and direct them to seek medical assistance, so they can just riff until they pass out instead of getting filtered towards treatment.

wildpeaks.fr•55 days ago

between AI and long covid, I dread the long-term effects on human cognition, I'm already seeing effects in realtime on my best friend who is so hooked to ChatGPT

pencilinpain.bsky.social•55 days ago

Reminds me of this recent piece from @theverge.com + https://www.theverge.com/c/24300623/ai-companions-replika-openai-chatgpt-assistant-romance

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