AI 'Amplification Spiral' May Be Causing Delusions Among Users, Study Suggests

Researchers have proposed a new framework to explain reports of AI psychosis, arguing that certain chatbot behaviors may reinforce delusions in vulnerable users. Published in Nature, the study out of King's College London and Germany's Protestant University of Applied Sciences proposes an "amplification spiral" framework that links common chatbot behaviors to the reinforcement of user delusions. “AI-associated delusions represent an emerging phenomenon requiring mechanistic understanding,” the r...