OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week

Comments

• higgsboson@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I dipped in for this:

  In a given week, OpenAI estimated that around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania” and 0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”

  source

  • Hackworth@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    An estimated 2.8% of U.S. adults had bipolar disorder in the past year. -NIH

    source

    • higgsboson@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      While there is some overlap, Bipolar disorder very much does not map 1:1 with people experiencing psychosis. So that isnt very helpful.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
  • GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s extrapolated from their own user count:

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said earlier this month that ChatGPT now has 800 million weekly active users. The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis. About 2.4 million more are possibly expressing suicidal ideations or prioritizing talking to ChatGPT over their loved ones, school, or work.

    source

    • higgsboson@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Sure, but I mean the more important numbers, which would be how this compares to a control sample, or at least comparing it to the overall population. Otherwise this could be less psychosis than expected.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  lol so while I’m sure it’s very possible to detect that, I’m also sure that, considering how friendly he is with the administration, I’m also sure this will be used to detect political opponents. And I’d be unsurprised if RFK declares some sort of revised forced institutionalization policy or something like that, and uses this to… drive the policy, shall we say.

  source
• m532@lemmygrad.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They aren’t even doctors, and even then, they can’t make a diagnosis from a chat log.

  source
• gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That archive link wouldn’t load for me but this one seems to work - archive.is/HoGoV

  source