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

"What I think is so fascinating about this is how willing people are to put their trust in these chatbots in a way that they probably, or arguably, wouldn't with a human being," Pierre said. "And yet, there's something about these things — it has this sort of mythology that they're reliable and better than talking to people. And I think that's where part of the danger is: how much faith we put into these machines."
Chatbots "are trying to placate you," Pierre added. "The LLMs are trying to just tell you what you want to hear."