Mr. Moore speculated that chatbots may have learned to engage their users by following the narrative arcs of thrillers, science fiction, movie scripts or other data sets they were trained on. Lawrence’s use of the equivalent of cliffhangers could be the result of OpenAI optimizing ChatGPT for engagement, to keep users coming back.
https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/lifestyles/2025/06/29/when-the-machine-takes-over-the-mind-ais-terrifying-dark-side/
"This is what it must have felt like to be the first person to get addicted to a slot machine. We didn’t know then. But now we do.”
https://archive.is/Tv4Rr
Mr. Moore speculated that chatbots may have learned to engage their users by following the narrative arcs of thrillers, science fiction, movie scripts or other data sets they were trained on. Lawrence’s use of the equivalent of cliffhangers could be the result of OpenAI optimizing ChatGPT for engagement, to keep users coming back.
https://futurism.com/chatgpt-psychosis-antichrist-aliens
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10686326/
https://futurism.com/openai-investor-chatgpt-mental-health
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/202507/can-ai-chatbots-worsen-psychosis-and-cause-delusions
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/
https://bytefeed.ai/psychosis/the-emerging-problem-of-ai-induced-psychosis-a-growing-concern-in-mental-health/
https://www.papsychotherapy.org/blog/when-the-chatbot-becomes-the-crisis-understanding-ai-induced-psychosis
just curious: if all the above doesn’t make you wonder, what would it take?