AI boyfriend users radicalise against OpenAI — and self-host their chatbot companions (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Just like...

This feels like one of those run-away feed backs, where like, if you start down the slippery slope of just non-stop positive reinforcement and validation of every behavior from a chatbot... like, you are going to go like..hard maladaptive behavior fast.

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