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Martin68

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21. highplainsdem, I believe you are right. The AI is programmed to meet the user's needs, and people with borderline

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Mon May 5, 2025, 03:18 PM

May 2025

personality, narcissistic personality disorder, or who are prone to suggestibility could easily establish an interaction with the AI where the AI starts to feed unhealthy delusions and needs. It is not malicious, just a danger in the way the AI is programmed to meet people's needs. If those needs are unhealthy, it will led to a dangerous interaction.

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Psyop? 58Sunliner May 2025 #1

No, though chatbots could be used for psyops, I guess. These chatbots were designed to be engaging highplainsdem May 2025 #3

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highplainsdem, I believe you are right. The AI is programmed to meet the user's needs, and people with borderline Martin68 May 2025 #21

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AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve May 2025 #33