threepointone dives into SOTA research on the addictive nature of LLMs
threepointone · x · 2026-09-08
Well-known developer threepointone (Sunil Pai) posted a megathread after digging into state-of-the-art research on the addictive nature of LLMs, saying it left him "with feelings" and sparking wide discussion on whether chatbot design deliberately fosters dependency.
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