AI is going to hack us.

[Scribe]

Are you referring to this case?

Lawsuit: Chatbot that allegedly caused teen’s suicide is now more dangerous for kids

Google-funded Character.AI added guardrails, but grieving mom wants a recall.

arstechnica.com

Think so.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Apparently long term usage of AI causes people to lose cognitive function. (I'm so scared of it, I don't even want to use spellchecking n_n) It is a silver lining ar least that in the future people cheating through AI will not be smart enough to hide their cheating.

You might this link interesting. It's an article on phys.org discussing a clinical study on the effects of AI on critical thinking.

 

[LordBP]

People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies

Marriages and families are falling apart as people are sucked into fantasy worlds of spiritual prophecy by AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT

www.rollingstone.com

Just imagine how many are losing their minds to AI bots on the net.

 

[dragoner]

/snow crash

Nevertheless, I have also read that the use of AI causes cognitive decline. Basically makes one stupider.

 

[J.Quondam]

I mean, to be fair, people have been sucked into cults since we've had anything like spirituality or religion. This is a new variation on a very, very old theme.

Yeah, some people have always been self-deluding, and other people have always exploited that. I think this gen AI stuff just cuts out the "middlemen" so to speak, ie the cult-leader or propagandist or whatever. Now I can just fire up an app to get a friendly voice to feed my confirmation biases - and all without the pesky constraints of experience or training or a moral compass!

 

[darjr]

Yeah, some people have always been self-deluding, and other people have always exploited that. I think this gen AI stuff just cuts out the "middlemen" so to speak, ie the cult-leader or propagandist or whatever. Now I can just fire up an app to get a friendly voice to feed my confirmation biases - and all without the pesky constraints of experience or training or a moral compass!

Or physical constraints to coordinate countless people across the world.

 

[darjr]

Everyone gets their own personal fine tuned and customized cult leader.

 

[damiller]

In Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell discusses the ELIZA program created in the....1960s. From his description the creator Joseph Weizenbaum was so freaked out by the behavior of his secretary, he pulled the plug. Eliza wikipedia

 

[cbwjm]

My boss is gung-ho for using ChatGPT to assist with comms. Yes, it makes my job easier BUT it does the thinking for me, so I wouldn't be able to tell you much about the content it's producing for me because I haven't really had to think about it myself (and therefore commit it to memory). It's definitely a double-edged sword.

I have a similar issue. When I hit a wall in how to write a formula in excel or Power BI I'll ask chatgpt, often eventually get an answer that works but I don't really remember how to do it again because it did a lot of the work for me. I try understand what the functions are but find they often slip away and I don't recall how to use them again later on. Mind you, that could also be due to a lack of use since I don't need to use these formulas everyday.

 

[aco175]

I heard there are naughty robots/dolls you can get from Japan, but wait until you can get an AI bot. Then people will fall in love as a dramatic pace.