November 9, 2026
"But what has felt particularly foreign was how much she had shared with the chatbot, and how much she had kept from them."
"Bowen had always shared every detail of her life, no matter how small: the arguments with her roommates, what she ate for dinner. Before the chatbot appeared to wedge itself between them, such an important decision about her medication would have undoubtedly come up. 'Once she had ChatGPT,' Qun said, 'she didn’t talk to us as much.'"
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Satan
Do women want agency?
Talk about a cautionary tale! I'm finding this very unsettling.
I don't really see this as a male/female thing. I'm sure we could find many examples of both being unduly influenced by AI chatbots--and for that matter, we've seen examples of problems stemming from internet use for decades now, haven't we?
This is the NYT following Obama's Commandment that the 2028 election will be about the danger of AI.
The NYT has a big lawsuit against AI. It's based on the use of its intellectual property in training the thing.
There have been men who had mental health crises after befriending chatbots.
I would argue that the NYT ceased having any "intellectual property" decades ago.
The Democrats are going into the 2028 election not with a 10-90 issue. But more like a 70-30 issue. People who lose their jobs hate AI. And people who are afraid of losing their jobs don't like it either.
Another dangerous situation is when an anorexic takes advice from ChatGLP-1.
I use GPT every day, for a variety of purposes. I discuss health issues and it reads and interprets the stream of blood tests and scans I continue to go thru post cancer treatment. It has never advised me to rely on it rather than the medical pros who treated me. Quit the contrary. It always refers me back to the medical pros.
I use GPT every day, for a variety of purposes. I discuss health issues and it reads and interprets the stream of blood tests and scans I continue to go thru post cancer treatment. It has never advised me to rely on it rather than the medical pros who treated me. Quit the contrary. It always refers me back to the medical pros.
Cruel neutrality. Appeal to a novel perceived expert cum authority class steered with sympathetic resonance.
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