Rose Rimler

Basically, AI companions should be enjoyed in moderation, you know, not a meal, but a snack when it comes to like replacing social interactions.

Okay, got it.

AI, good for snacking.

Maybe.

Maybe.

Because you do hear these stories about people who get kind of sucked in.

They spend a lot of time talking to these bots and it kind of goes off the rails.

There's sort of a dark side here.

So we're going to get into that after the break.

Welcome back.

I'm Science Versus' senior producer, Rose Rimler, and I'm here with our editor, Blythe Terrell.

Hi, Blythe.

Hello, hello, hello.

And we've just said that there are actually some documented upsides to chatting with an AI chatbot.

But there's also a lot of big fears around these kinds of, you know, quote-unquote relationships.

And one thing that's been on the news lately is this phenomenon of AI saying really harmful stuff.

ChatGBT hit with a scathing new lawsuit alleging it helped a 16-year-old boy die by suicide.

And there are stories of people losing touch with reality after talking to AI.

People are calling it AI psychosis.

So we hear these reports, and we don't know how common this kind of thing is, but I did want to know more about it.