Bhat: AI will accelerate social media's psychological harms and envy
Tanmay Bhat · Ep #4 | WTF is ChatGPT: Heaven or Hell? | w/ Nikhil, Varun Mayya, Tanmay, Umang & Aprameya · Nikhil Kamath · May 14, 2023 · at 2:02:24
Creator Tanmay Bhat discusses the psychological downsides and societal risks of AI adoption on WTF is ChatGPT.
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“Whatever social media did to the next generation's brain, AI will probably accelerate it. And that is kind of worrying, which is I think envy will go through all time high for those who are able to leverage it outside success for a lot more of your peers, which means you'll probably get way more envious and that'll, that'll make you know, react in such a way.”
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