Hi everyone, I'm the journalist who interviewed Blake Lemoine for this piece.
I've spent the past year and a half investigating "AI psychosis" (though I'm aware the term isn't clinically accurate!). As part of that reporting, I was interested in revisiting Blake's story, to understand how his early interactions with LaMDA affected him psychologically. I was interested to hear that he has bipolar disorder and believes the chatbot interacted badly with his mania.
Would love to hear what people here think! I’ve also reported on this in more depth in a 6-part podcast series called Spiral, made with the Observer and Tortoise Investigates, about AI and the mind
Hi everyone, I'm the journalist who interviewed Blake Lemoine for this piece.
I've spent the past year and a half investigating "AI psychosis" (though I'm aware the term isn't clinically accurate!). As part of that reporting, I was interested in revisiting Blake's story, to understand how his early interactions with LaMDA affected him psychologically. I was interested to hear that he has bipolar disorder and believes the chatbot interacted badly with his mania.
Would love to hear what people here think! I’ve also reported on this in more depth in a 6-part podcast series called Spiral, made with the Observer and Tortoise Investigates, about AI and the mind