Study finds asking AI for advice could be making you a worse person

Just one interaction with an AI could lower your willingness to apologize or take accountability for harm done.

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Whether we like it or not, artificial intelligence has infiltrated the workplace, and employees are under pressure to use it. However, according to a new study, you may want to skip asking AI to help you manage matters of the heart.

The two-part study, titled “Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence,” was recently published in the journal Science. The experiment made the case that using chatbots for personal advice and navigating emotional situations can be harmful because the system is designed to tell people what they want to hear. Using chatbots may reinforce troubling behavior rather than help people take accountability for harm and apologize.

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