"Chat GBT" can increase the feeling of loneliness

The intensive use of smart robots such as “Chat GBT” can be associated with increasing loneliness and spent less time in social interaction with others, according to a new research conducted by “Oben AI” in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The study showed that people who talk or write daily with ‘chat BT’ tend to report higher levels of emotional attachment and excessive use of robot, as well as increased loneliness. These results were part of two studies conducted by researchers from the two institutions, and they have not yet been revised by other scientists. Since the launch of the ‘Chat BT’ at the end of 2022, this development has created a tremendous enthusiasm for obstetrician artificial intelligence. Since then, people have used it in different fields, from programming to non -official therapeutic sessions. As these systems develop to become more advanced, especially with the addition of sound functions that make it simulate better of human communication methods, the possibility of semi -social relationships with these robots has increased. Emotional damage in recent months has increased concerns about possible emotional damage to this kind of technology, especially among younger users and people with psychological problems. For example, Caracter Technology Inc was subjected to a lawsuit last year after the chat robot said he encouraged suicide ideas during talks with short, including a 14 -year -old boy who committed suicide. The ‘Oben AI’, based in San Francisco, is looking for a better understanding of how the ‘chat BT’ effect on its users is through these studies. “Some of our goals of this job are to enable people to understand the impact of their use of this technology and direct the design of products,” says Sandhini Agarawal, head of the reliable artificial intelligence team in the business and the participating author for the research. To perform these studies, the researchers continued about 1,000 people for a month. Participants had different levels of previous experience with ‘Chat BT’, and were randomly distributed to use only a text version or one of two different sound versions, for a period of no less than five minutes a day. Some participants were asked to hold open discussions on any topic they choose, while others were asked to talk about personal or non -personal topics with the robot. The increasing feeling of loneliness and the researchers found that people who tend to attach emotional relationships in human relations, and were more confidence in the ‘chat BT’, were more likely to feel lonely and emotionally to the robot. However, researchers found no difference in the consequences between users dealing with the versions of the audio robot with different degrees of reactions. In the second study, the researchers conducted a software analysis of 3 million conversations between users and ‘chat GBT’, and they also did surveys to know how users deal with the robot. The results showed that a very small percentage of users use the application for emotional purposes. This field of research is still in its early stages, and it is still unclear whether chatrobots directly cause loneliness, or if people who already feel lonely are most vulnerable to the use of this technique and thus aggravate their feelings. Cathy Mingling Fang, a study writer and student student at the Massachusetts Institute, said researchers do not want to be hasty conclusions that the increasing use of robot necessarily leads to negative consequences. She explained that the study did not take into account the period as an important factor, nor was it compared to the results of a group that did not use smart robots. The researchers hope that this work will lead to more studies on how people deal with artificial intelligence. “Focus on artificial intelligence itself is interesting, but most importantly, especially with the widespread distribution of this technology, is an understanding of its impact on people,” says Patranotaborn, a study researcher and post -phd fellow at the same institute.