Dopamine detox gone too far

Dopamine detox gone too far

By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate Most doomscrollers have heard of the dopamine detox — a total abandonment of easy dopamine hits by purging all social media. For most, this challenge is temporary — like a failed New Year’s resolution. In the tragic case of poor SFU student Matthew Jones, we get the rare consequence of a dopamine detox. This is the story of how this young man accidentally reverse-engineered generative AI . . . and what it cost h…