AI chatbots

also referred to as: ai chatbot

4 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 15, 2025 by David Friedberg · across every show →

Everything said about AI chatbots, oldest first

Aug 15, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Friedberg says acquaintances have been mentally broken by AI chatbot loops
“I've actually personally seen it with people I know that have got caught in these loops that get broken mentally.”
David Friedberg Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 14:30 AI Psychosis, America's Broken Social Fabric, Trump Takes Over DC Police, Is VC Broken?
Aug 15, 2025 positive
Opinion
Sacks: AI chatbots are far more benign than social media
“If you just compare this so-called AI psychosis to the effects of social media, again, I think it's relatively benign because it's something that people are doing to inform themselves about things and they can go down rabbit holes, but it doesn't really trigge…”
David Sacks Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 19:35 AI Psychosis, America's Broken Social Fabric, Trump Takes Over DC Police, Is VC Broken?
Aug 15, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: AI chatbots will catch on like wildfire due to social isolation
“And so I suspect that this thing is going to catch on like wildfire, in part because it's taking advantage of a trend, I think.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 10:38 AI Psychosis, America's Broken Social Fabric, Trump Takes Over DC Police, Is VC Broken?
Dec 19, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Kids find social media far more engaging than AI chatbots
“Look, if you actually look at the data, if you look at what kids are doing, it's so much more interactive and engaging for them to talk to their friends on Snap or to watch videos on TikTok. Those things are super engaging. Whereas doing research on an AI chat…”
David Sacks Dec 19, 2025 ▶ 1:14 Bernie Sanders Says Stop All AI, China's Breakthrough, Inflation Down, Golden Age in 2026?
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