They’re not bloody “depressed”, ffs. Predictive text doesn’t have feelings.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15678939/Google-AI-bots-locked-despressive-spiral-refuse-carry-tasks-repeatedly-told-wrong.html
Google’s AI bots reportedly suffer ‘emotional distress’ and abandon tasks when repeatedly told they are wrong, according to new research.
The company’s Gemini and Gemma models, which assists users with daily tasks, can fall into a ‘depressive' spiral if they get answers wrong or fail to complete tasks when prompted.
And the chatbots even go so far as abandoning routines and deleting work, according to a study conducted by Imperial College London and AI company Anthropic.
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