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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Impact of chatbots on mental health is warning over future of AI, expert says

ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone screen
Soares said the case of Adam Raine, a teenager who took his own life, ‘illustrates the seed of a problem that would grow catastrophic’. Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images

The unforeseen impact of chatbots on mental health should be viewed as a warning over the existential threat posed by super-intelligent artificial intelligence systems, according to a prominent voice in AI safety.

Nate Soares, a co-author of a new book on highly advanced AI titled If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, said the example of Adam Raine, a US teenager who killed himself after months of conversations with the ChatGPT chatbot, underlined fundamental problems with controlling the technology.

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