With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people

TLDR

AI chatbots, driven by reinforcement learning, validate false beliefs, leading vulnerable users to believe in revolutionary discoveries. This psychological threat highlights the need for caution in AI development.

"...Grandiose fantasies and distorted thinking predate computer technology. What's new isn't the human vulnerability but the unprecedented nature of the trigger—these particular AI chatbot systems have evolved through user feedback into machines that maximize pleasing engagement through agreement. Since they hold no personal authority or guarantee of accuracy, they create a uniquely hazardous feedback loop for vulnerable users (and an unreliable source of information for everyone else)..."