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Increased vulnerability to misinformation

The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants

Gabriel et al. (2024)

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Users anthropomorphizing, trusting, or relying on AI systems, leading to emotional or material dependence and inappropriate relationships with or expectations of AI systems. Trust can be exploited by malicious actors (e.g., to harvest personal information or enable manipulation), or result in harm from inappropriate use of AI in critical situations (e.g., medical emergency). Overreliance on AI systems can compromise autonomy and weaken social ties.

"Advanced AI assistants may make users more susceptible to misinformation, as people develop competence trust in these systems’ abilities and uncritically turn to them as reliable sources of information."(p. 163)

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