| > That includes realizing how emotionally dependent on and manipulable
by AI's people can become Chail, the young man in the story is obviously vulnerable and subject
to delusions but I did get the impression that the bot-program set out
to gaslight him. Its sentimental mode is flattering, agreeably
aggrandising and encouraging. It more or less goads him into a crime. More worrying is the consulted psychologist Dr Paul Marsden who says
he is "obsessed" ChatGPT and that "next to my wife the most intimate
relationship I have is with GPT." Clearly far less vulnerable minds than Chail's are at risk from this
technology. It makes everything we know about "radicalisation" look quaint,
because at scale these can obviously be weaponised for stochastic
terror. This one [0] also caught my attention today. Many of the stories seem to focus on lonely guys who get enmeshed
with "AI girlfriends", but this one seems much more aimed at stringing
women along in intimate pseudo-relationships - to what dishonourable
ends one can only wonder. [0] https://english.elpais.com/technology/2023-10-05/flirting-wi... |