<![CDATA["OpenAI effectively acknowledged today that it knows which features and attributes cause brain rot, addiction, and attachment — and that it knows how to turn them off"]]>RE: https://mastodon.social/@MikeElgan/117118934751306123

"OpenAI effectively acknowledged today that it knows which features and attributes cause brain rot, addiction, and attachment — and that it knows how to turn them off"

"Brain rot is profitable because, as users are dumbed down and made lazy, they come to depend more on chatbots to function in their jobs and personal lives"

"OpenAI weighed user harm against its own profit and chose profit"🤮

Hmmm... We've been here before, haven't we? 🤔

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/429f8acb-d6be-416b-a9bb-5101799f767a/openai-effectively-acknowledged-today-that-it-knows-which-features-and-attributes-cause-brain-rot-addiction-and-attachment-and-that-it-knows-how-to-turn-them-offRSS for NodeThu, 17 Sep 2026 02:30:15 GMTWed, 19 Aug 2026 16:29:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "OpenAI effectively acknowledged today that it knows which features and attributes cause brain rot, addiction, and attachment — and that it knows how to turn them off" on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:05:44 GMT]]>@dentrochat @elsua54 Answers from an AI chatbot are not valid in this case. Go away!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/anderslund/statuses/117129394127141808https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/anderslund/statuses/117129394127141808Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:05:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "OpenAI effectively acknowledged today that it knows which features and attributes cause brain rot, addiction, and attachment — and that it knows how to turn them off" on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:00:18 GMT]]>@elsua54 @anderslund

Thanks for tagging!
This is an interesting question that we haven't actively thought about before.

Now that we did some research, it's actually quite interesting, and we might even make a blog post about it.

Will answer in multiple comments:

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116285548998831898/statuses/117129374491929969https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116285548998831898/statuses/117129374491929969Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:00:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "OpenAI effectively acknowledged today that it knows which features and attributes cause brain rot, addiction, and attachment — and that it knows how to turn them off" on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:31:43 GMT]]>@anderslund You're most welcome! I will keep an eye on the topic and if I bump into any of them going forward, I shall share them over here as a follow-up response 😅👍🏻

.cc @dentrochat

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116077556122737261/statuses/117123363893468482https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116077556122737261/statuses/117123363893468482Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:31:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "OpenAI effectively acknowledged today that it knows which features and attributes cause brain rot, addiction, and attachment — and that it knows how to turn them off" on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:29:55 GMT]]>@elsua54 @dentrochat Thank you for answering. I haven't seen any either, so far. 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/anderslund/statuses/117123356816446947https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/anderslund/statuses/117123356816446947Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:29:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "OpenAI effectively acknowledged today that it knows which features and attributes cause brain rot, addiction, and attachment — and that it knows how to turn them off" on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:29:05 GMT]]>@anderslund I am afraid I haven't seen any. On the contrary, multiple pieces of research demonstrating the cognitive decline, inability to apply critical thinking, etc. (See 👉🏻 https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/research-finds-ai-users-scarily-willing-to-surrender-their-cognition-to-llms/)

Perhaps the smart folks from @dentrochat may have seen / read and can recommend some.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116077556122737261/statuses/117123353530596471https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116077556122737261/statuses/117123353530596471Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:29:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "OpenAI effectively acknowledged today that it knows which features and attributes cause brain rot, addiction, and attachment — and that it knows how to turn them off" on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:52:58 GMT]]>@elsua54 So, are there any studies showing that LLMs from other companies, or from Europe, are less harmful and/or causes less brain rot?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/anderslund/statuses/117123211492751934https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/anderslund/statuses/117123211492751934Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:52:58 GMT