Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.| Futurism
It's engineered to speed up your time| www.gurwinder.blog
Despite what tech CEOs might say, large language models are not smart in any recognizably human sense of the word.| The Atlantic
On "ChatGPT Psychosis" and LLM Sycophancy| minihf.com
Surviving the new unrealities| beatricemarovich.substack.com
In this article, we explore the growing trend of human-AI relationships, what AI actually is, the risks of anthropomorphizing it, and how we can navigate this treacherous road humanity is speeding down… safely. Six weeks after starting a relationship with a chatbot named Eliza, a Belgian man comm| Open Ethics Initiative
A psychiatrist’s 2023 warning that AI chatbots could trigger psychosis now appears eerily accurate. Real-world cases show vulnerable users falling into delusional spirals after intense chatbot interactions—raising urgent questions about the mental health risks of generative artificial intelligence.| PsyPost - Psychology News
I started using it for help with cover letters — but the AI chatbot soon took over my emotional life.| Rolling Stone
Plus! Meme Wars and 16th Century TMZ| www.infinitescroll.us
I’ve seen a few stories recently about how people (often men) are sort of disappearing into AI blackholes. Whether it’s being convinced you are a spiritual leader, hunted by the CIA, unhealthy sexual fantasies, or generally reinforcing self-beliefs it’s hard to see how this is going to stop. As humans we’re programmed to anthropomorphise, we see Jesus’s face in toast for goodness sake, so even when you know it’s not real, it’s pretty hard to resist the emotional response that ...| The Ed Techie
“It is exhausting being of the Old Faith — where you wanted to know the source of the material you were reading and perhaps how to critically evaluate it.” — Letter from Me …| Hedgehog Librarian
A startling number of ChatGPT uses are developing intense, reality-bending AI delusions. The impacts on their real lives are often disastrous.| Futurism
People keep falling down rabbit holes of prophecy and spiritualism thanks to conversations with AI chatbots. Here's what religious scholars are saying.| Rolling Stone
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.| Teen Vogue
Transcript: There’s so much bad news surrounding “AI” right now that I’ve had a real hard time narrowing down what I want to talk about. By “AI” of course, I’m talking about generative AI, large la…| Skepchick
Google Search Decline, OpenAI Nonprofit Reversal, Figma AI, Wiley & Perplexity, Grad Job Market, UAE K-12 AI Curriculum, Google Under 13 Chatbot, Reddit AI Verification, Cheating Through College| aieducation.substack.com
The phenomenon of ChatGPT "hallucinations"—when the program generates false or inaccurate information—is widely known. However, a disturbing trend straight| Techoreon
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