#chatbots

"If a teen is interested in losing weight, chances are they may turn to artificial intelligence platforms to get advice.

But that could cause trouble.

The AI advice they get may be to keep their calories and nutrients drastically below their daily needs, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/health/teens-ai-diet-wellness

#PublicHealth #diet #food #nutrition #AI #chatbots #pediatrics #adolescents

Starting a short thread on #LLM #AI #Chatbots ...

A friend asked me to read and respond to a blog post by #UgoBardi, a scientist and activist of some note. I did and ended up writing a short essay about it. Here is a link to the original Bardi/Claude post for reference: https://livingearth.substack.com/p/your-voice-your-choice-a-post-by

The first and major criticism is 👉 THERE IS NO "I" THERE.👈 We are so used to the conceit of these systems referring to themselves in the first person that we are put off our guard. Consider this...

"The ELIZA Effect is a tendency to project human traits—such as experience, semantic comprehension or empathy—onto rudimentary computer programs having a textual interface." [Wikipedia]

#Claude by #Anthropic is no longer "rudimentary" like the original ELIZA from 1966, but the effect is still there!

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https://richard.mdpaths.com/commentary/non_human_intelligence/index.html