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An interesting article about people using AI for seemingly innocuous tasks but spiral into a world of mysticism and conspiracy theories sparking a mental health crisis. I stark reminder to always remain conscious of the fact that AI has a monetary incentive to be sycophantic and keep you engaged.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 99 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (16 children)

Honestly, what concerns me more than people spiralling into their own AI psychosis nonsense are the ruling class of tech billionaires who have spiralled into fascism and are equally as compromised in their rationality.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 23 points 17 hours ago (11 children)

It's terrifying that the human psyche is so fragile and malleable that an LLM can twist a person around to much that they become a danger to themselves and others. And I have to wonder how many of those billionaires talk to their own AI creations and have become just as delusional as the people in this article, but with the money and power to act on those delusions.

This also puts MechaHitler in a new light. How many right wingers on X are being deluded into thinking that they are the chosen one who who can save the world by just killing a few Jews, or dems, or POCs or whatever?

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

I really wish I had a solid argument against this theory

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

It's isolated cases that would never be blamed on other technologies.

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