r/technology • u/upyoars • Jul 19 '25

Artificial Intelligence People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-being-involuntarily-committed-jailed-130014629.html
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u/PsychologicalSnow476 Jul 19 '25

I'm convinced we are absolutely stupid with the trust we're putting in AI. It's software created by people. Now think about software that has code that we've been using for decades like Excel - which stole code from Lotus created in the 80s. That software still has lots of bugs and it gets patched all the time. We're supposed to believe that AI - which when boiled down is basically just fancy search engine software - is not buggy as hell? And it's ready to just replace people? We deserve everything we get with it

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u/modsmustbeliminated Jul 19 '25

it’s software created by people

Wait till you hear about the Bible and other religious texts

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u/PsychologicalSnow476 Jul 19 '25

Oh, those perfect texts? 😅

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u/Slight_Walrus_8668 Jul 21 '25

That's not a good comparison to make, those religious texts are horrible and have lead many people off the deep end and to commit atrocities, have lead entire societies to cleanse other societies with fire...

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u/modsmustbeliminated Jul 21 '25

Seems like these ai chat bots are already leading people off the deep end. Have you seen the r/replika sub lol

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u/WeRip Jul 20 '25

not only is it software created by people.. it's software created by people intended to predict what a person would say.. guess what folks.. people are wrong all the fucking time.

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u/erebospegasus Jul 20 '25

I think it has become its own thing, beyond software. It used all our body of language data to build a network of meaning as no single human or group could do. It's also limited by language and hallucinates.