Comment on People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies
lenz@lemmy.ml 1 day agoI think having that kind of validation at your fingertips, whenever you want, is worse. At least people, even people deep in the claws of a conspiracy, can disagree with each other. At least they know what they are saying. The AI always says what the user wants to hear and expects to hear. Though I can see how that distinction may matter little to some, I just think ChatGPT has advantages that are worse than what a forum could do.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Sure. But on the flip side, you can ask it the opposite question (tell me the issues with <belief>) and it’ll do that as well, and you’re not going to get that from a conspiracy theory forum.
qarbone@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I don’t have personal experience with people suffering psychoses but I would think that, if you have the werewithal to ask questions about the opposite beliefs, you’d be noticeably less likely to get suckered into scams and conspiracies.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Sure, but at least the option is there.