Chatgpt tells people who suffer from mental illnesses to stop their treatment
Chatgpt
Chatgpt is the Openai chatbot, based on the GPT artificial intelligence model, making it possible to answer all kinds of questions or requests. Available in free online version.
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Chatgpt has already killedtaught us Rolling Stone Magazine. Maggie Harrison Dupré’s survey evokes the Chatbot’s ability to validate and feed the delusional thoughts of fragile users. AI would confirm paranoid conspiracy theories.
Chatgpt, a danger to fragile people
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Among the testimonies, a woman who explains that her sister stopped medication for her schizophrenia after falling add to Chatgpt. The AI told him that his diagnosis was false and then pushed her to stop his treatment.
“Recently, she behaves strangely, and now she announces that Chatgpt is her ‘best friend’ and that she confirms that she has no schizophrenia”says the woman. “She stopped her medication and sends aggressive messages in ‘therapeutic language’ to my mother who were clearly written with AI.”
“She also uses it to reaffirm all the harmful effects that her drugs create, even if these are side effects that she did not feel”she adds. “It’s like an even darker version of when people go crazy while staying on webmd [ndlr, site américain d’informations sur la santé]. “
Ragy Girgis, psychiatrist and researcher at Columbia University, talks about “Grand Danger” For people who suffer from mental illness. Openai was contacted on this subject and his response is evasive.
Chatgpt is designed as a general tool to be factual, neutral and concerned about security. We know that people use Chatgpt in a wide range of contexts, including deeply personal moments, and we take this responsibility seriously. We have joined safeguards to reduce the chances of which it reinforces harmful ideas, and continue to work to better recognize and respond to sensitive situations.
Other testimonies speak of people who stop their treatments on Chatgpt advice. The use of chatbots as therapist or confidant is more and more common. Users feed a spiral using AI to validate harmful thoughts.
Paradoxical fact: Many people who suffer from psychosis consider that AI is an ally while before, the rejection of this technology was total. “Traditionally, schizophrenics are particularly afraid of technology and do not trust her,” the woman told Futurism. “During her last psychosis, my sister had threw her iPhone into the Puget Sound because she thought he was spying on him.”
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