In my view of things, echo chambers have always existed and it could just as easily been an “AITA” post on reddit that fed this man’s delusions and convinced him to stalk this woman.
The fact is, this happens more than society likes to think and even when you think you’re safe and the person’s fixation on you has wanted, you may find yourself in danger because that feeling of distance over time has only lead to a false sense of security.
lt is apparent to me that Generative AI Chatbots are heavily exacerbating the situation though. For one because there’s no friction in their echo chamber. An AITA post or posts like it are likely to get at least some users who disagree with the general consensus. That the friction matters.
I have questions about the validity of basing a person’s mental health on their view of it over years because for the most part everyone has trauma and most people aren’t medical professionals with the right skill set to diagnose or even properly observe key behaviors that would factor into such a diagnosis.
Every time I see one of these articles they seem to highlight that the people involved never experienced “mania” or “psychosis”. But it’s usually them saying that about themselves not a mental health professional commenting on it.
I wonder if “leading to” is the right phrase.
In my view of things, echo chambers have always existed and it could just as easily been an “AITA” post on reddit that fed this man’s delusions and convinced him to stalk this woman.
The fact is, this happens more than society likes to think and even when you think you’re safe and the person’s fixation on you has wanted, you may find yourself in danger because that feeling of distance over time has only lead to a false sense of security.
lt is apparent to me that Generative AI Chatbots are heavily exacerbating the situation though. For one because there’s no friction in their echo chamber. An AITA post or posts like it are likely to get at least some users who disagree with the general consensus. That the friction matters.
I have questions about the validity of basing a person’s mental health on their view of it over years because for the most part everyone has trauma and most people aren’t medical professionals with the right skill set to diagnose or even properly observe key behaviors that would factor into such a diagnosis.
Every time I see one of these articles they seem to highlight that the people involved never experienced “mania” or “psychosis”. But it’s usually them saying that about themselves not a mental health professional commenting on it.