The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological Harms, New Research Finds
futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbots-serious-psychological-harms
Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
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.
Replying to @schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
I’m pretty sure all drugs go through trials and report adverse effects. Don’t they?
Replying to @ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Yes, but the trials are relatively short, about 8 weeks. Just long enough for the effects to kick in but not long enough for results of brain adaptation to kick in, nor any of the longer term side effects.
Replying to @schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
But chatbots didn’t go through any trials, they were just shipped and people started using them. And this excerpt doesn’t say when their adverse effect become noticeable so it could be just couple of weeks.
Replying to @ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Are you reading the paragraph I quoted? I’m saying I wish people would look past short-term positive results to see what happens over months or years. Whether or not chatbots are subject to the rigors of federally-administered clinical trials is not the point.