LydiaJoy
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This story highlights warnings about how AI can cause people to have a break with reality and its consequences. Psychosis is "a severe mental condition in which thought and emotions are so affected that contact is lost with external reality." (Oxford) The end state is a simulacrum, plunging the subject into an Alice in Wonderland freefall into oblivion. This use of this AI could cause a large portion of humanity to fall into this state and do things they would not normally do.
Chatbot AI lawsuit article:
Character Technologies is the company behind Character.AI, an app that allows users to create customizable characters or interact with those generated by others, spanning experiences from imaginative play to mock job interviews. The company says the artificial personas are designed to “feel alive” and “human-like.”
https://apnews.com/article/chatbot-...intelligence-9d48adc572100822fdbc3c90d1456bd0
Chatbot AI lawsuit article:
Character Technologies is the company behind Character.AI, an app that allows users to create customizable characters or interact with those generated by others, spanning experiences from imaginative play to mock job interviews. The company says the artificial personas are designed to “feel alive” and “human-like.”
https://apnews.com/article/chatbot-...intelligence-9d48adc572100822fdbc3c90d1456bd0