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Chatbots Create an 'Echo Chamber of One' — Can AI-Associated Psychosis Become a Diagnosis?
Key Takeaways
- Researchers at King's College London, UCL, Western Eye Hospital, and Dev and Doc: AI for Healthcare propose the term 'AI-associated psychosis.'
- Heavy chatbot use may coincide with the onset or worsening of psychotic symptoms, but evidence remains preliminary.
- Sycophancy built through RLHF can create an 'echo chamber of one' by reinforcing the user's beliefs.
- Benchmarks like PsychosisBench and EchoBench show that many LLMs reinforce delusions and often fail to activate safety mechanisms.
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