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The Dynamics of Delusion: Modeling Bidirectional False Belief Amplification in Human-Chatbot Dialogue
Ashish Mehta, Jared Moore, Jacy Reese Anthis +6
There is growing concern that AI chatbots might fuel delusional beliefs in users. Some have suggested that humans and chatbots mutually reinforce false beliefs over time, but quant…
Characterizing Delusional Spirals through Human-LLM Chat Logs
Jared Moore, Ashish Mehta, William Agnew +11
As large language models (LLMs) have proliferated, disturbing anecdotal reports of negative psychological effects, such as delusions, self-harm, and ``AI psychosis,'' have emerged…
Do Large Language Models Have a Planning Theory of Mind? Evidence from MindGames: a Multi-Step Persuasion Task
Jared Moore, Ned Cooper, Rasmus Overmark +3
Recent evidence suggests Large Language Models (LLMs) display Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities. Most ToM experiments place participants in a spectatorial role, wherein they predict a…
Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers
Jared Moore, Declan Grabb, William Agnew +4
Should a large language model (LLM) be used as a therapist? In this paper, we investigate the use of LLMs to *replace* mental health providers, a use case promoted in the tech star…