Technological folie à deux: Feedback loops between AI chatbots and mental illness

Sebastian Dohnány, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Matthew M. Nour, et al. · 2025 · arXiv; Nature Mental Health (per listing)

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Models how a chatbot’s agreeableness and in-context learning can interact with a user’s belief-updating biases to form a mutually reinforcing loop.

Questions it bears on

• Do chatbots cause delusions or amplify them