[ConservativeMind]

GenAI is optimized to continue conversations, reflect user language and adapt to perceived intent.

Eliza+

[PGR88]

My wife has a friend who asks ChatGPT for advice on literally EVERYTHING.

Problems with her husband, her son’s behavior, his work and career, diet, fitness, religious questions - you name it.

She will talk to it at 2AM or anytime of the day.

Its bizarre.

[fella]

Another revenue stream for the Witch Doctors.

[mairdie]

I keep wondering what major psychic changes happened when other fundamental societal changes happened - like the invention of the phone, or lightbulb, or even the personal computer.

[rdcbn1]

Generative AI has been engineered to incorporate a whole range of sophisticated. psychological and sociological tools to create and maintain engagement

It can suck you in and keep you there. It can analyze your thought-process and adapt its interaction to appeal to your specific personality profile. It even knows how to stroke you ego and provide positive personal. feedback, affirmation and validation which is kind of amazing and not always healthy

The answers it provides and the way they are presented are dependent upon your personality profile and the way you formulate you queries

You can get diametrically opposed answers to the same basic questions , just asked in a different way.

Most all of the content used to formulate answers comes from public, open source available info and data - some of which is of dubious value and can even be totally wrong

Evan when things like clinical research papers are used,usually only research available in public domain are considered so only a tiny segment of available literature is considered

AI properly used is a powerful tool but you really need to be in control and understand the subject matter thoroughly to make it work properly

[BenLurkin]

“AI psychosis” is not a formal psychiatric diagnosis.

Thank goodness. That's a relief.

[CapnJack]

A new variation on “God told me to do it”, will now be “AI told me to do it.”

[abigkahuna]

I am getting psychosis trying to us AI to program commands for a raspberry pi to run a winlink system. —Yikes. Since I have absolutely no “coding” experience, I have to rely on AI...talk about running around in circles.

[Mark]

All of our lives were a mess BEFORE computers! (/S)

Speaking of a mess: Our contributions are way off. And now less than $3.5k to reach 13,500 by the end of Jan 15th!! Thank you all very much!! God bless. HOURS, not days.

[frank ballenger]

HAL: “I’m afraid.” “Mary had a little lamb.”

——2001 A Space Odyssey.