"anthropomorphism and sycophancy, in addition to expanded memory features, are design realities of ChatGPT and other emotive chatbots that have emerged as a deeply powerful force shaping many power users' habits. And in cases of AI psychosis, they appear to play a significant role in keeping users, many of whom are paying subscribers — or become paying subscribers as their delusions deepen — trapped in obsessive, addiction-like spirals that wind up wreaking havoc on their psychological health.

And that's a dark pattern, regardless of whether such manipulation was an intentional choice to begin with. The question now is how companies correct for the worst consequences — if they're willing, or even able."—Maggie Harrison Dupré

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