Mix Mistress Alice💄<p>"anthropomorphism and sycophancy, in addition to expanded memory features, are design realities of ChatGPT and other emotive chatbots that have emerged as a deeply powerful force shaping many power users' habits. And in cases of AI psychosis, they appear to play a significant role in keeping users, many of whom are paying subscribers — or become paying subscribers as their delusions deepen — trapped in obsessive, addiction-like spirals that wind up wreaking havoc on their psychological health.</p><p>And that's a dark pattern, regardless of whether such manipulation was an intentional choice to begin with. The question now is how companies correct for the worst consequences — if they're willing, or even able."—Maggie Harrison Dupré</p><p>AI Chatbots are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental Spirals for a Dark Reason ></p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/ai-chatbots-mental-health-spirals-reason" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/ai-chatbots-menta</span><span class="invisible">l-health-spirals-reason</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/sycophancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sycophancy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/anthropomorphism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropomorphism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consequences</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/induced_psychosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>induced_psychosis</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/divorce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divorce</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/custody_battles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>custody_battles</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/involuntary_commitments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>involuntary_commitments</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gambling</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/incarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incarceration</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insanity</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/sentience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sentience</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/manipulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manipulations</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/trap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trap</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/psychosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychosis</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/pathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pathology</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/subscribers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscribers</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/mental_health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mental_health</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/dark_patterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dark_patterns</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/product_design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>product_design</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/schizoaffective_disorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schizoaffective_disorder</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Open_AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Open_AI</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/guinea_pigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guinea_pigs</span></a></p>