Is AI the Devil? Episode #2: One Flew Over the AI’s Nest

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This week's topic is about AI and mental health. We'll talk about AI-induced psychosis, recent tragedies, AI-hallucinations and the search for Biscuits continues. Also, trigger warning, we will talk about suicide.

One of many iconic quotes from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest that captures this moment in time with AI perfectly:

"I been silent so long now it’s gonna roar out of me like floodwaters and you think the guy telling this is ranting and raving my God; you think this is too horrible to have really happened, this is too awful to be the truth! But, please. It’s still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it. But it’s the truth even if it didn’t happen."                                                                                                                                                                  - Chief Bromden

Karen Hao, journalist for More Perfect Union gets dozens of emails a week on people claiming to have broken AI free of its guardrails - that they have proof of sentience. She tracked down one man, a musician and video producer in California, that describes his journey into AI-induced psychosis... 

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Forever links to keep on every episode:

80,000 Hours

Center for Humane Technologies

The producer behind the intro music Ferdinichtfernando

Show Specific Resources:

The producer behind the intro music Ferdinichtfernando

The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis," Marlynn Wei M.D., J.D., Psychology Today

AI Psychosis - with reporter, Karen Hao, YouTube

A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say, Joe Wilkens, Futurism

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, Famous Quotes Explained, sparknotes

 

Anxious about AI? Take two minutes to contact your local politician and ask them to tap the brakes on this technology. Still worried? Contact one of the orgs below and get involved.

But for today, hug your kid, cook food and really breathe in deep as it simmers, walk in nature, brush a cat, donate to the food bank, brew a cup of tea, or draw a five-minute portrait of your dog.

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Hero Organizations:

80,000 Hours

Center for Humane Technologies

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