"Geoffrey Hinton has long pioneered the development of artificial intelligence. Little did the AI godfather know that one day, his girlfriend would rely on it to break up with him. Hinton told the Financial Times in a wide-ranging interview on Friday that his now-former girlfriend asked the chatbot to explain why he had been "a rat" and delivered the AI-generated critique straight to him."
"They found that ChatGPT may worsen feelings of loneliness in a group of "power users." "Our analysis reveals that a small number of users are responsible for a disproportionate share of the most affective cues," the researchers wrote. Affective cues, which the researchers never defined explicitly, are generally considered verbal and nonverbal signs of someone's emotional state. The researchers analyzed conversations for themes of loneliness, vulnerability, problematic use, self-esteem, and dependence."
Geoffrey Hinton experienced a breakup in which his ex-partner used ChatGPT to generate a critique and delivered it to him. AI tools are increasingly integrated into everyday personal interactions, from drafting emails to solving household problems and delivering emotionally charged messages. An OpenAI and MIT Media Lab study analyzed millions of chat conversations and thousands of audio interactions with ChatGPT and found that the system may worsen feelings of loneliness in a subset of "power users." The study identified that a small number of users contribute a disproportionate share of affective cues and examined themes including loneliness, vulnerability, problematic use, self-esteem, and dependence. OpenAI advises against offloading relationship problems to ChatGPT.
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