First major study on ‘AI psychosis’ suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people

First major study on ‘AI psychosis’ suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people

A new scientific review raises concerns about how chatbots powered by artificial intelligence may encourage delusional thinking, especially in vulnerable people.

A summary of existing evidence on artificial intelligence-induced psychosis was published last week in the Lancet Psychiatry, highlighting how chatbots can encourage delusional thinking – though possibly only in people who are already vulnerable to psychotic symptoms. The authors advocate for clinical testing of AI chatbots in conjunction with trained mental health professionals.

For his paper, Dr Hamilton Morrin, a psychiatrist and researcher at King’s College in London, analyzed 20 media reports on so-called “AI psychosis”, which describes current theories as to how chatbots might induce or exacerbate delusions.

  • Harvey656
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    3 days ago

    Go to any community of AI “enthusiasts”: The suno subreddit, civit, Twitter. You will find them easily, delusional in ways you never thought possible. Often times in groups. There was one on the suno subreddit about them getting into a “relationship” with the persona they made for their songs. And others not only empathized, but shared their own stories about relationships with their ai personas. Suno is a music ai btw, so its super confusing they dont have faux personalities its just the voices. Its sad to see.