The first case of AI addiction was recorded in Italy

The Italian State Service for Assistance to People with Addictions (SERD) has recorded the country’s first case of treatment of dependence on artificial intelligence (AI), Gazzettino newspaper writes.
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According to the publication, we are talking about a girl in her early 20s who was in constant contact with an AI that learned to understand her. Subsequently, having gained a sense of security in communicating with this instrument, as if with a real friend, the girl distanced herself “from everything and everyone.”

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“Toxic friendship (if you can call it that) Over time, it became an addiction .: This is the first case of “AI addiction” to be monitored at the Addiction Treatment Service (Local Office of Social Services and Health) Ulss 3 in Venice,” the article says.

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According to the chief physician of the medical institution, Laura Suardi, this case of AI addiction did not come as a surprise, as experts understood that similar behavioral difficulties would also appear.

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According to her, as the AI gets to know the person, it begins to give answers corresponding to what he wants to hear.