The history of A.I. chatbots and psychosis (from "Behind the Bastards") [Something Interesting #78]

So, much of my Memorial Day was spent doing chores while listening to my favorite podcast (Behind the Bastards) cover the history and recent rise in "chatbot psychosis" and how A.I. can lead to mental breakdowns. Because of work, A.I. is a complicated and often thorny issue for me personally but since I know little about it outside of my co-workers's interests in it, I went down the rabbit-hole and collected a lot of resources (including some of the articles covered by host Robert Evans in the podcast episodes):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wLqsRLvV-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZeIEiBrT_w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGpkdPO-1Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhxNI7V2IxM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxCIYB3VXso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOoq4e4DX6k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa8k8IQ1_X0