The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological Harms, New Research Finds

Though emotional interactions with chatbots may provide some “potential benefits” — the authors cite “short-term reductions in loneliness and mood improvement” — they argue that any possible benefits exist alongside widely-reported “adverse outcomes” ranging from “emotional dependence” to the exacerbation of existing illnesses or symptoms to self-harm.

I wish psychiatric drugs would come under the same scrutiny.

Good statement. I went to college originally for psychology and I couldn’t bring myself to being a drug dealer and dropped out. It’s insane how many pills you would have to try and prescribe to counter act the other pills. You may as well be a chatbot by the time you’re done. I know some stuff helps but holy shit I’ve seen so many adverse reactions in friends and family. I saved a friends life because I picked up on what was happening with whatever he was on.

Psychologists don’t typically prescribe pills. Psychiatrists do. How far did you get into your degree?