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Mental health
fromFuturism
1 week ago

Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions

A son developed methamphetamine addiction and obsessive ChatGPT-driven delusions, causing paranoia, self-isolation, suicidal crises, and prompting family and online support intervention.
fromIntelligencer
2 months ago

The Spinal Surgeries That Didn't Need to Happen

Her own, yes, but also the thousands of people she has met online who are, like her, recovering from spine surgery and often, like her, not their first. In the "Life After Back Surgery Support Group" on Facebook, they post questions, weary updates, and long, detailed accounts of their surgeries, sometimes good, sometimes very bad. Those with long-term pain reach for the language to describe it - "radiating," "unbearable," "like I've been kicked all night long,"
Medicine
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