Sara SoueidanSaraSoueidan@front-end.social
Oct 14, 2026, 11:47 AM@baldur huh?!
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Baldur Bjarnasonbaldur@toot.cafeOct 14, 2026, 11:50 AMYeah.
Apparently talking about how I've been seeing more and more people exhibit weird behaviours with chatbot use and worrying that this might mean the mental health effects are genuine means I'm accusing people of being psychotic and discriminating against people with mental illness.
I'm tired.
Chris Pittsthirstybear@agilodon.socialOct 14, 2026, 12:10 PM@baldur @SaraSoueidan Same here. Very tired. Arguing against this nonsense takes energy, Brandolini got it right.
“The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.”
And these snake oil merchants are relying on it to get away with the lies.
- Chris Pittsthirstybear@agilodon.socialOct 14, 2026, 12:12 PM
- Sara SoueidanSaraSoueidan@front-end.socialOct 14, 2026, 1:41 PM
@thirstybear @baldur This is exactly why I fear that spreading awareness is not going to be as effective as one would hope. I’ve been seeing and reading more about what AI is causing society-wide and it’s making me far less optimistic about the future. I’m still formulating my own thoughts at this stage but will start to write a bit about the effects in my own words at some point.
the future is truly scary
Oct 14, 2026, 12:33 PM@baldur @SaraSoueidan They don't care about people with mental illness. If they're offended you might be calling them psychotic, they show a clear value system in which mental illness is a stigma they don't want to be associated with.
The accusations you might offend mentally ill people are just window dressing.
