AI maker are trying to improve their AI safeguards, especially when it comes to handling lengthy conversations versus short chats. getty In today’s column, I examine a persistent issue facing AI makers and users of AI involving how AI guardrails tend to be evaded or overcome when having lengthy conversations with generative AI and large…
What should AI do in terms of inspecting user prompts and reporting on users to the authorities, it’s a tough question. getty In today’s column, I examine a momentous and unresolved matter concerning when AI makers ought to be reporting on user prompts that might seem out of sorts. This topic has recently risen to…
We need to watch out for generative AI that is maliciously goaded into giving out bad mental health advice. getty In today’s column, I examine how easy it is to maliciously goad generative AI into giving out bad mental health advice. This is especially disturbing due to the psychological endangerment that can arise when people…
AI is getting better at telling the truth but still persists as a deceptive liar. getty In today’s column, I examine the falsehoods and expanding confusion some are experiencing due to the outsized hype that the latest generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are supposedly acting as full-on truth-tellers nowadays. This has been sparked…
AI makers and everyday therapists need to know about the new law in Nevada that stringently regulates AI that might be used for mental health. getty In today’s column, I examine the recently enacted law by Nevada that seemingly aims to shut down the use of AI for mental health therapy in the glitzy Silver…
Here’s how AI can seek to detect mental fragility in users and aim to therefore avoid inadvertently exploiting such a condition. getty In today’s column, I examine systematic ways that generative AI and large language models (LLMs) attempt to detect whether a user might have a semblance of mental fragility, ergo, being susceptible to falling…
Using AI to help contend with “quiet cracking” that seems to be mounting as a big-time trend. getty In today’s column, I examine the latest trend of so-called quiet cracking and then explain how generative AI and large language models (LLMs) can provide potential mental health support for those experiencing the workplace malady. You might…
ChatGPT Study Mode has spurred interest in leveraging custom instructions, so perhaps the same can be done for the mental health domain. getty In today’s column, I first examine the new ChatGPT Study Mode that has gotten big-time headline news and then delve into whether the crafting of this generative AI capability could be similarly…
What will happen if we can get maternal instincts and/or fatherhood facets imbued into AI? getty In today’s column, I examine the recent remarks by the said-to-be “Godfather of AI” that the best way to ensure that AI and ultimately artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial superintelligence (ASI) are in check and won’t wipe out…
Identifying that contemporary AI supports delusion thinking by humans is an important step toward modifying LLMs to do a better job in mental health advisement. getty In today’s column, I examine the disturbing aspect that generative AI and large language models (LLMs) may tend to support delusional thinking when users enter prompts that appear to…