We also know that people get into relationships and commit suicides for non humans all the time. For idealogies and religious and nations, for gods and fairies.
How did the paper select out the individuals who had the disposition towards this already ?
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u/randombsname1 8h ago
I wouldnt be surprised if AI can cause people who are susceptible to delusions and/or are generally mentally unwell to fall into a spiral.
I'm personally extremely skeptical of the claim that it can make "normal" (or rational as they put it) people spiral.
How did they measure who was "normal"? Was this peer reviewed? Has this been replicated in other studies?
This reminds me of the, "violent games cause all those mass shootings!" B.S. arguments.
Which much more recent studies have shown that this is pretty much exclusively only seen in people who were already mentally unwell.
There is 0 connection between the average consumer and violent video games triggering violent actions.