When the lights go out you'll understand.

Older than 29.557038 || Minors, please proceed with caution on this blog :). ⊱⸻⸻ ⊰ I like stories, art and nature :) So you'll mainly find fandom, art and nature posts here. Current hyperfixations: Stucky, Outer Banks, Smosh,Greek Mythology, Succession. You will also sometimes see SPN stuff on here. I also like Whump I fear - dm me for the sideblog url iyw.

[inukag]

Rumiko Takahashi visited the "Art of MANGA" exhibition currently being held at the de Young Museum in San Francisco and blessed us with new Inukag art!

[inukag]

Rumiko Takahashi visited the "Art of MANGA" exhibition currently being held at the de Young Museum in San Francisco and blessed us with new Inukag art!

[newtsnaturethings]

touch

[patapiaf]

“You too?”

[2namii]

[newtsnaturethings]

apparently I have 0 chill and have a lot of thoughts about Kagome being the first person to just accept Inuyasha as he is (besides his parents).

[agirl-obsessed]

[ally-gator-animator]

"Time to go and watch the funny crime-solving sheep movie ha ha, I can't wait for some madcap murder mystery fun."

109 minutes later:

[a-treatise-on-velociraptors]

The way Sheep Detectives poetrayed grief in a way that was eminently relateable to a small child while not being patronizing, all by introducing the flock's ability to forget and Mopple's refusal to. Mopple taking the thematic role of a parent explaining death and grief to their child, first in terms of distant euphemism and then more directly when it cannot be avoided. Lily realizing that Mopple has seen death already, in the way a child grieving for the first time realizes that grief is something their parents have experienced before. The message of facing grief head-on, because the alternative is forgetting the love that led you to mourn, is told so so simply but not condescendingly so.

Good movie go watch it

[cuddlycharizard]

Watched sheep detectives yesterday

[whitebisexual]

The concept of being 4 months clean from ai...

[sleepytabbycat]

idc what you guys think I'm proud of him

[astronomical-bagel]

Several AI services (chatbots 🫩) are purposely addictive, the same way people can become addicted to gambling or shopping. We’ve literally seen in real time how ChatGPT has caused psychosis and delusions in people; it can have a huge affect on someones’s mental stability. Just because it isn’t substance-based doesn’t mean that doesn’t count as an addiction, and shaming people who are trying to move on and improve themselves is counterproductive. Im proud of that dude and his 4 month mark!

[astronomical-bagel]

Hidden Mental Health Dangers of Artificial Intelligence Chatbots

AI chatbots can fuel emotional dependence and blur boundaries. Emerging research highlights significant mental health risks. Here are import

The reality of chatbot-induced delusions

Large language models often prioritise agreeability over truthfulness to the detriment of users

AI addiction includes the overuse of AI chatbots and companions, often leading to adverse psychological effects.

Some articles to back my statements, and this isn’t even mentioning about the predatory chatbots who do this on purpose

[oh-morrow]

Then I'll mention the predatory chatbots who do it on purpose! Character.ai is one of many AI chatbot websites that're designed to be addictive.

None of the signup methods require a password. It only takes email and birthday. Minimizing time on the signin or signup screen makes it harder for people quitting to avoid relapse.

"Characters" on the website will send messages "on their own" (prompted by the site) to try to invite inactive users back after as soon as 1 day of inactivity. This is likely to force FOMO, or make users feel more like they owe the bots a response. Unhealthy attachment stuff.

Account deletion is an essential part of every service that should go smoothly, right? Right? Wrong. It takes 1-2 weeks for a Character AI account deletion to be finalized, and account deletion requests have a high chance to not go through if you're not using the app.

Rephrasing: People leaving Character.AI are pushed to download the app in order to delete their accounts, if they haven't already. This makes it harder for people to quit and stay gone. Failing to quit an addiction makes it harder to quit successfully in the future, so this feels like a feature, not a bug. On top of that, the delete account menu reads like this:

Tell me THAT doesn't sound like a bad ex. It's a carefully crafted yet hostile environment to those who are already addicted to the technology. I am so so SO happy, downright delighted that they've managed to quit, and I wish the best for others in recovery spaces or considering quitting as well!! While AI addiction is an emerging condition, there are already therapists and other mental health professionals trained to help people plan to quit and do so a bit easier. (If anyone seeing this is in need of them, there are several tumblr Communities here devoted to quitting, too. They provide a mix of advice, venting spaces, and proof that you aren't alone.)

[hevexns-realm]

As someone who did end up going into a form of fucking religious psychosis at 16 with the influence of character.AI, I second this. It’s taken me up until about a year ago to recover, and had completely fucked with how I viewed pop-culture spirits and my own personal practices.

I have fortunately, somewhat, recovered easier than most. However, I am still aware that there are some who do not have it as easy in terms of recovery as I did, or have as healthy of a support system / distractions to aid that journey.

If anyone is still dealing with AI addiction, or recovering from psychosis induced by AI, please be aware that you’re not alone, and recovering from psychosis is possible. Just try and restart from the beginning of your base knowledge, and continue forward from there one step at a time.

I have full faith that you will recover, no matter how long or messy it takes you.

[polespullspolls]

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EDIT: asking me where a certain punctuation is does not change the fact that i can't add more than 12 options and i also can't change pre-existing polls

[lord-of-the-noodles]

[goth-queen]

[agapidraws]

🏛️The Olympians🏛️

13. Hestia / Εστία

(Yep, I didn’t stop at twelve.)

[anxietyproblem]

[gene-forrester]

“And yet, beware…”

Les Miserables (2012) dir. Tom Hooper

[jelepermets]

"Et nos petites vies ne comptent pas."

"La vie dure si peu et elle ne vaut rien"