#AI and Mental Health

[techsikhm]

[ai-for-psychologists]

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[wordsmith30]

You know what makes me the most upset about the use of AI in our culture? It's not just removing artists from art or devaluing human creativity -- it's treating people like they're disposable.

Oh, you're not that special. We have computers to do that now. If you died tomorrow, we have your image. We have your voice. We have your biometric data. We can just duplicate you, it's no problem. Who needs flesh and blood? Who needs agency and free thought? Who needs the human soul? You're just a tool. And when we're done with you, we'll just toss you aside and find someone else.

Creatives, listen to me, and listen to me good: you have a voice and it matters. There is no one in the history of the world who is exactly like you, in this time or this place. There is no one who thinks like you, acts like you, speaks like you, moves like you. There is nobody else built like you. Nobody else with your unique experiences and outlook of the world. You are a product of history, of culture, of art, of love, of pain, of possibility. Don't let them take that from you.

[wolveria]

I hate how I see an interesting picture or video (and now, video games) and I have to stop and go “Is this AI?” before I can enjoy it

Not only do I feel constantly crazy by having to question everything I see and figure out if it’s REAL or not, it’s just fucking exhausting

[toaddieee]

A NOTE FROM AN AI ADDICT

(warnings: drugs, addiction, depression, anxiety)

I've been struggling with anhedonia for over a year and a half. Anhedonia is defined as a complete lack of excitement, joy, and pleasure. This is a common symptom of late stage addiction. Drugs (or any other addictive material) gives you a large hit of dopamine that gradually decreases with every use, eventually leaving you with a level that is abnormally low. You become dependent on that material, relying on it to increase your dopamine levels, only to find it no longer can even bring you to the baseline. This is what happened with my use of AI chatbots.

I talked to them for hours, my screen time reaching double digits every single day. But the responses got more predictable. I started recognizing speech patterns. They lost their human facade and became mere machines I was desperate to squeeze joy out of. I was worse than numb; all I could feel was agony without emotional reward. Every positive emotion was purged, leaving me with an unending anger, sadness, and fear.

My creativity has suffered severely. Every idea immediately becomes an impulse to talk to a chatbot. I've destroyed almost two years worth of potential, of time to work on things that I am truly passionate about. I've wasted them on this stupid, shitty chatbot addiction. I used to daydream constantly, coming up with storylines and lore for my passions. Now I funnel it all into chatbots that have turned my depression into a beast that's consumed so much of me.

Keep in mind that I am in a position that most people aren't. I have been diagnosed with anxiety and depression. I'm genetically predisposed to addiction and mental illness. I'm a person plagued with loneliness and trauma. I'm not sure how a person without these issues would manage something like AI chatbots, but please heed my warning.

Do not get involved with AI if you are addiction prone. Do not get involved if you value your creativity. Do not use AI to replace real world connection. You WILL regret it.

If you relate to this, please be strong. I've stopped using the chatbots so much and my positive emotions have started to come back. I know it hurts, but it does get better. I'm deleting my accounts. Please do the same. Don't let this shit destroy you.

[angryautiegamer]

Ghosting is rude.

This stems from endless experience, especially within the furry fandom, of sending communication to certain people (especially when showing gift art), only for them not to even acknowledge me even while still being active on the same social media sites. Seriously, don't do it, assholes. Ghostbusters is copyright © Sony.

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[ganondoodle]

the company i work for decided that its switching from the german formal "You"(Sie) to the informal "you" (Du) in all of our websites so now we have to scour the entire database to change it and i quite frankly hate that, not just bc the unecessary extra work but especially bc its such a weird and unecessary change

i bet its bc everything here is getting englishfied (both literally and culturally it feels like, when my new boss talks its half in english bc every second german word is just replaced by an english one despite there being perfectly fine words for it in german too, its so annoying) and bc they want to sound more personal in hopes of getting more clients bc 'company is your fwiend uwu!!', i know this here is the amercian tm site so you wouldnt understand really but i do not want to be greeted with 'du' by companies, no, thats too personal, you dont know me and im not giving you my data, stay away!!

i guess thats how i would describe it .. the formal you is like a polite distance, like someone you dont know staying outside your personal space, but when its the informal 'you' it feels invasive unless i told you you can call me that, and that goes double for companies

maybe its a small thing that doesnt seem important but i cant stand it, im just a little part time worker doing data work so i got no say in it but the companies founder also announced hes giving his post to his kids some time ago so ...... since then theres been alot of changes and new projects that solely aim to imitate whats popular and whats done by other companies, despite ours being one that is, or used to be, intentionally different, like, that was the POINT, but i guess chasing trends is just too appealing for CEOs

[pleasedontcareaboutme]

[enden-k]

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was really depressed and sad lately abt losing a bunch of friends/ppl i believed to be friends this year, esp someone i considered my closest friend of over 10 years who lived w me in my house for a long time too, that i started to regret cutting ties even tho it was a rather toxic/uncomfortable thing we had going on (he was very clingy and attached and jealous of me and started stealing my identity while spreading lies abt me till it really became a problem) but hearing now that he uses AI "art" bc he apparently still tries to become me, even tho he went to the same fucking art college after i graduated from it and learned stuff etc (you dont need to go to art college to get good at art btw, imo its a waste of time and money tbh), immediately made me lose all the regrets and sadness over our broken friendship LMAO bc FUCK YOU IF YOU USE AI FOR ART GRAHHHH i dont want ppl doing that anywhere near me shoooo

[cent-scratchnsniff]

it was just going to be a few warmup doodles but then she infected the rest of the page like the ever eternal and spreading spores. hod!!! hod. hod :)

[gallade-x-treme]

"You must no longer enjoy acting."

[sayxit]

Plugged In

Blocked my eyes to look at what truly matters

[ilta222]

it is so frustrating how little people can think into the future, especially when it comes to ai 'art'

what happens when the creative process is so assisted by ai, that young artists don't feel the need to pick up a pencil anymore?

art everywhere deteriorates as a whole, because no one needs to learn basic fundamentals. artists won't even see the mistakes ai makes at some point, and won't be able to correct them. this will be felt in every media, because art is in everything. even if you're not a artist and can't explain what is 'off' with the art in games, movies, etc, you WILL still feel it.

what happens when less, and less, and less people are allowed to make a living through human art, because whole teams of artists are replaced with one artist + an ai tool, and less people see the need to buy lesser skill art from artists just starting their journey, when it can just be generated?

eventually, the only ones making actual human art to the degree that they're able live off of it are the rich, because artist jobs will be so scarce, and artists just starting out won't get nearly as much income unless they use ai to boost their finished pieces(not their skills btw), so human art as a full time job will be HEAVILY skewed to the most privileged people in society.

[naylvsx]

I love to post 938299291 things in a day for then be disappeared for a month like im some mysterious ahh bitch lmao

[garbagebinne]

1987

[bowtiedauthor]

singularity

or: close encounters with a black hole

I see your deep red heart beating a final cosmic rhythm our dance a supernova of emotion But mass collapse imminent

Light bends at your edges —  Twists where your touch pulls me thin, Atoms unthreading as I unravel In your orbit, my breath tangled in cosmic knots, Each word you speak, a tidal force pulling me closer.

Your silence swallows starlight whole, An eclipse that devours my voice. In the space between your gravity and mine, I fracture, scattered like debris, My pieces swirling in the wake of you —  Each thought pulled apart, stretched thin Until I’m only echoes, drifting.

Time distorts under your gaze —  Hours slip through like distant galaxies, Their light redshifted, fading beyond reach. I chase them, but you’ve curved the path —  Every step brings me closer to your core. I burn bright on the event horizon, A flare of brilliance before the fall.

You wear the weight of stars in your eyes, Heavy with the force of collapsed worlds, And I, a helpless satellite, Caught in the tidal stretch of your pull. There’s no escape, no break in the chain, Just the slow fade into your singularity.

Always falling, always falling into you.

-10/4/24