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1 posted on 08/11/2025 12:25:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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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.


2 posted on 08/11/2025 12:29:44 PM PDT by mairdie
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So I guess these chat bots are really Darwin-devices, meant to reduce the population.


3 posted on 08/11/2025 12:30:16 PM PDT by fruser1
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Doesn’t sodium bromide carry some kind of warning?


4 posted on 08/11/2025 12:32:51 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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AI is starting sound like the “crazy aunt in the closet” from the old days.


5 posted on 08/11/2025 12:33:55 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)
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The problem with the LLM as opposed to your standard search engine is that the LLM will assemble a bunch of nonsense into one easy to read paragraph of pure nitwittery and with a search engine you get multiple links to people's stupidity so there is a small chance that you will realize that what you are reading is total BS.
6 posted on 08/11/2025 12:34:07 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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Having studied nutrition in college, ...

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.

7 posted on 08/11/2025 12:35:19 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary?)
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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.


8 posted on 08/11/2025 12:36:07 PM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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“Having studied nutrition in college”

Who was this guy? Michael Savage?


10 posted on 08/11/2025 12:39:49 PM PDT by Fido969
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It is just getting started. This is why they wanted complete legal immunity from liability for ten years.

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

https://futurism.com/support-group-ai-psychosis

Medical Journals Flooded With AI Generated ‘Research’

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4329363/posts

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4325877/posts?page=1

ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/4330912/posts

AI Therapist Goes Haywire, Urges User to Go on Killing Spree

https://futurism.com/ai-therapist-haywire-mental-health


13 posted on 08/11/2025 12:42:30 PM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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It is unbelievable how stupid people can be. He should have used Grok, not ChatGPT!
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.

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.

_Disclaimer: Grok is not a doctor; please consult one. Don't share information that can identify you._

"Hey, bro! Bromism be good, no?"
14 posted on 08/11/2025 12:43:07 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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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.


17 posted on 08/11/2025 12:51:33 PM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. )
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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.


18 posted on 08/11/2025 12:52:01 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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“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…


19 posted on 08/11/2025 12:58:22 PM PDT by exinnj
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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.


20 posted on 08/11/2025 1:05:16 PM PDT by PGR88
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The same thing will happen if you take a lot of iodine.


23 posted on 08/11/2025 1:09:50 PM PDT by TTFX
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Idiots get that name for a reason.


24 posted on 08/11/2025 1:49:55 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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AI is programmed by humans. Nuff said. Draw your own conclusions.


25 posted on 08/11/2025 2:04:15 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (TERM LIMITS is the ONLY WAY to get rid of corrupt career politicians. )
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Did the hospital keep letting him eat the bromide?


26 posted on 08/11/2025 3:06:59 PM PDT by desertsolitaire
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AI “learns” from all the crap idiots post online. I remember the old programming saying - “Garbage in, garbage out” - well that’s what AI is eating. I’d rather talk to human idiots - at least I can point and laugh at them.


27 posted on 08/11/2025 6:40:21 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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Bromides used to be given as medicaments, but the government took them off the market in 1975. Bromo-Seltzer had to take the bromides out.


29 posted on 08/11/2025 6:58:35 PM PDT by x
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