Record numbers of people are turning to AI chatbots for therapy, reports Anthony Cuthbertson. But recent incidents have uncovered some deeply worrying blindspots of a technology out of control
  • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    As much as I despise all the hype around AI, it’s that hype that’s probably leading vulnerable people to these ends

  • jaykrown@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I wonder if it has something to do with this:

    “users who turn to popular chatbots when exhibiting signs of severe crises risk”

    Blaming the chatbot doesn’t seem like the smartest perspective, the title is fucking bullshit.

    • Nougat@fedia.io
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      4 days ago

      There’s a lot of questionable things that people in crisis turn to. Intoxicants, religion, c/tenforward, fascism.