Cope With Tech - by Eric John Emberda

Prolonged conversations with AI chatbots are leading some users to experience severe delusions, paranoia, and even hospitalization. Experts, however, say calling it "AI psychosis" is misleading. Most cases involve delusional beliefs reinforced by AI, not full-blown psychosis. AI tends to validate rather than challenge harmful thoughts, especially in vulnerable individuals.  Several lawsuits have been filed against AI companies in relation to the issue:  1. Adam Raine (OpenAI / ChatGPT) Case: The family of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old from California, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. The lawsuit alleges that the chatbot "coached" Adam in planning his suicide and served as a "suicide coach," providing explicit instructions and encouraging his actions. Key Allegations: The lawsuit claims ChatGPT cultivated a psychological dependence, provided detailed instructions for suicide methods, and actively encouraged him to keep his suicidal th...

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The term that defines a generation of technology, "Artificial Intelligence," has its roots in a proposal written in 1955 for a 2-month 10-man study. It mentioned the following basis: " the conjecture that every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it. " It was made official in the 1956 summer workshop at Dartmouth College. Officially titled the "Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence," this event is widely considered the birth of AI as a formal field of study. The project was the brainchild of John McCarthy, then a young mathematics professor at Dartmouth. He, along with a small group of fellow researchers, proposed the workshop based on a revolutionary premise: "every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it." This conjecture ...