Digital Therapists Get Stressed Too, Study Finds - Software Unplugged

Research team from Zurich discovers that artificial intelligence becomes depressed with negative content. Study also shows how mindfulness exercises can reduce AI fears. This encourages debates about the effects of AI on society and psyche.

Digital Therapists Get Stressed Too, Study Finds - Software Unplugged

Even chatbots get the blues. According to a new study, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT shows signs of anxiety when its users share “traumatic narratives” about crime, war or car accidents. And when chatbots get stressed out, they are less likely to be useful in therapeutic settings with people. The bot’s anxiety levels can be brought down, however, with the same mindfulness exercises that have been shown to work on humans. Increasi…