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Posted on 08/11/2025 12:25:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 60-year-old man was hospitalized with severe psychiatric symptoms — plus some physical ones too, including intense thirst and coordination issues — after asking ChatGPT for tips on how to improve his diet. What he thought was a healthy swap ended in a toxic reaction so severe that doctors put him on an involuntary psychiatric hold.
After reading about the adverse health effects of table salt — which has the chemical name sodium chloride — the unidentified man consulted ChatGPT and was told that it could be swapped with sodium bromide. Sodium bromide looks similar to table salt, but it’s an entirely different compound. While it’s occasionally used in medicine, it’s most commonly used for industrial and cleaning purposes — which is what experts believe ChatGPT was referring to.
Having studied nutrition in college, the man was inspired to conduct an experiment in which he eliminated sodium chloride from his diet and replaced it with sodium bromide he purchased online. Though he had no previous psychiatric history, after 24 hours of hospitalization, he became increasingly paranoid and reported both auditory and visual hallucinations.
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Suddenly multiple articles about individuals going bonkers from believing AI. Absolutely fascinating. Just when you think the world is as crazy as it’s going to be, something even crazier comes along.
So I guess these chat bots are really Darwin-devices, meant to reduce the population.
Doesn’t sodium bromide carry some kind of warning?
AI is starting sound like the “crazy aunt in the closet” from the old days.
Methinks his studies in nutrition extended only to trying something new in the cafeteria.
The fact that he had to by the sodium bromide online and not in a grocery store should have been a clue.
It's the sodium that is bad for you, not the chlorine. If you want to eliminate sodium from your diet, you substitute table salt with potassium chloride.
Gemini:
Q: Replacing sodium chloride with sodium bromide
À: DO NOT replace sodium chloride (table salt) with sodium bromide. Sodium bromide is a toxic substance that can cause serious health issues, including a condition called bromism, which can lead to neurological and psychiatric symptoms.
I just looked on Amazon, and the sodium bromide for sale looked like it’s for cleaning pools. I looked at some of them and they didn’t say not to ingest, but it certainly didn’t indicate it was for eating.
“Having studied nutrition in college”
Who was this guy? Michael Savage?
I looked at one called ‘Spa Choice’ and it definitely carries warnings.
And the people who get advice AI are the same people who used to get advice from the other person who lives in their head.
It is just getting started. This is why they wanted complete legal immunity from liability for ten years.
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No, you should not replace sodium chloride (table salt) with sodium bromide in your diet. Sodium chloride is essential for maintaining proper fluid balance, nerve function, and muscle activity in the body, providing both sodium and chloride ions, which are critical electrolytes. Sodium bromide, while containing sodium, does not provide chloride and is not a suitable substitute."Hey, bro! Bromism be good, no?"Sodium bromide is not recognized as a dietary component and is primarily used in medical or industrial contexts, such as in sedatives or photography. Consuming it could lead to toxicity, as bromide ions can accumulate in the body, potentially causing symptoms like nausea, neurological issues, or even bromism (bromide poisoning) in high doses. The safe dietary intake of bromide is not established, and it lacks the physiological role of chloride.
Stick to sodium chloride for dietary purposes, and consult a healthcare professional if you’re considering changes to your electrolyte intake.
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Collapse of society. Idiots everywhere, and they vote.
Yeah, but the AI worshiper knew better than to believe those government-required warnings.
Some people will drive where their GPS tells them to. Some will believe all search engine results. Some believe everything their AI tells them.
It looks like AI is making some people stupid.
The English writer Evelyn Waugh suffered bromide toxicity while on an ocean voyage to Ceylon, which caused psychiatric problems including auditory hallucinations. He wrote the novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold about the experience.
“Having studied the nutrition in college…” tells you everything you need to know about the scientific illiteracy among general population. Nomination for Darwin Award is wide open and have no time limits…
I’ve asked ChatGPT to summarize a book for me, which I told it I had not read
In fact, I had read the book
It gave me an incorrect summary, emphasizing some unimportant things and misrepresenting things I believed to be key points
I told it it was wrong and to try again
It apologized and changes some things, but not others
Again, I told it, it was wrong
It again apologized - and changed its answer yet again.
ChatGPT seems to be be programmed for narcissism.
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