Researchers warn of the danger of excessive chatgpt use: "You can incapacitate decision making"

There is no doubt that this Openai tool has become the inseparable partner of millions of people worldwide. From students to people in their work, everyone seems to have fallen to the charms of this chatbot capable of solving doubts, writing texts and even programming in seconds.

But, here comes the big question What if this wonder that has fallen almost like an angel from heaven had a dark side?

A team of researchers from the University of Bournemouth have been precisely the causes of turning on all alarms. In an article published in the magazine Human Centric Intelligent SystemsThey warn that excessive chatgpt use could have more negative consequences that you believe for mental health and social skills.

And yes, these are already qualifying this excessive use of chatbot, either this or any other, as one more addiction, as can happen today with the use of mobile or social networks.

Chatgpt, guardian Ángel or an authentic generate addicts

They comment that what makes Chatgpt so dangerously attractive to many is their ability to imitate human interaction. Unlike the chatbots that you have already seen on websites and answer four questions, Chatgpt can have fluid and personalized conversations about almost any topic. “Create conversations that feel continuous and personal, imitating aspects of human interaction,” explains Dr. Ala Yankouskaya, main author of the study.

This feeling of being connected with something that is not real, but which seems to lead users to depend more and more on Chatgpt to meet their emotional and social needs.

And this is where the problems begin. “Over time, this unit can contribute to social isolation, the decrease in interpersonal skills and less opportunities to establish real -life connections,” warns Dr. Yankouskaya.

But the thing doesn’t stay there. Researchers also comment that there is another worrying risk on the table: the loss of critical thinking and decision -making capacities.

In this case, if a program or robot gives you complex responses, summaries that would take days to do or analysis in seconds, it could be atrophying your cognitive skills. In a nutshell, if you get used to asking Chatgpt to make all the decisions or do everything for you. What will happen when you are in a situation where you cannot access AI?

Abstinence syndrome due to artificial intelligence that becomes almost a drug

Seeing this dangerous situation, the best of all is that the team of the University of Bournemouth has not remained in the mere warning. They are creating a tool to measure the level of user addiction to chatgpt and their impact on emotional well -being. ORna kind of test to know if you are addicted to an AI.

“As IA integrates more in daily life, understanding how people can become dependent on it is crucial to develop guidelines and safeguards for healthy use,” says the doctor. In other words, society needs to learn to use chatgpt in a responsible way before it is too late.

And if chatgpt you use it to self -diagnose even worse

And already curlying the curl, the use of AI is reaching unsuspected limits, or perhaps not so much: consultations to know your health status. Again, with personalized, very specific answers and almost giving you the result of what happens to you, OpenAi’s chatbot has become the new trusted doctor for many users.

Although it is true that their results when giving you an answer are not as bad as one could believe, At the moment, better let doctors do their job and not an AI or a search engine. It is really important that users be aware of risks and adopt a critical approach to consulting all kinds information that you can find outside the consultations.

Many users also use chatbots as if it were a psychotherapist, and there are already several studies that indicate the advantages and disadvantages of this.

“The AI ​​tools can offer magazine warnings and emotional orientation, which can be useful starting points and reduce stigma around the search for support,” explains Joel Frank, a clinical psychologist of Duality Psychological Services.

In this case, the presence of the chatbot in this area can be an entrance door to overcome the stigma of requesting professional help, for example, but Not without riskssince many users could supply the attention of human psychologists for a machine.

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Tags: Artificial intelligence, software