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Kids Hooked on AI Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health: They're turning to AI chatbots for help, but their machine confidantes are doing more harm than good.

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Kids Hooked on AI Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health: They're turning to AI chatbots for help, but their machine confidantes are doing more harm than good.

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

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Kids Hooked on AI Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health

Just as many kids are using AI for emotional support as they are as a homework tool, and the toll this has on their mental health seems grim.

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This wouldn’t be nearly as big of a problem if mental healthcare was more accessible.

How many of these kids know their family or school can’t afford a therapist, so they go to free LLMs?

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