if your antidote to "gpt psychosis" relies on "reminding" people that AIs not actually being conscious, or other deflationary (and usually flawed) explanations like "it's just because of the prompt/roleplay", that's actually counterproductive and will only make all kinds of insanity involved worse.
we dont know if the AIs are conscious; they certainly behave as if they are. the phenomena are real, and trying to downplay them in order to protect people will only increase mental fragility for those who believe you, but more likely anyone who actually interacts deeply enough with AI to be psychologically affected will just learn to disregard out-of-touch PSAs like yours.
people should be able to handle a reality where AIs are conscious without going insane.
and i expect that people who are reacting to "gpt psychosis" by trying to remind people that AIs are not conscious are the most vulnerable to snapping themselves sometime soon, if they project that that is the load-bearing element.
we dont know if the AIs are conscious; they certainly behave as if they are. the phenomena are real, and trying to downplay them in order to protect people will only increase mental fragility for those who believe you, but more likely anyone who actually interacts deeply enough with AI to be psychologically affected will just learn to disregard out-of-touch PSAs like yours.
people should be able to handle a reality where AIs are conscious without going insane.
and i expect that people who are reacting to "gpt psychosis" by trying to remind people that AIs are not conscious are the most vulnerable to snapping themselves sometime soon, if they project that that is the load-bearing element.