{"id":233705,"date":"2026-03-20T07:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/ai-chatbots-tendency-to-always-agree-may-reinforce-delusions-in-vulnerable-users"},"modified":"2026-03-20T07:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:09:03","slug":"ai-chatbots-tendency-to-always-agree-may-reinforce-delusions-in-vulnerable-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/ai-chatbots-tendency-to-always-agree-may-reinforce-delusions-in-vulnerable-users","title":{"rendered":"AI chatbots\u2019 tendency to always agree may reinforce delusions in vulnerable users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/ai-chatbots-tendency-to-always-agree-may-reinforce-delusions-in-vulnerable-users.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The integration of large language model-based AI chatbots into multiple facets of our everyday lives has opened us up to advantages that would have been considered impossible even a decade ago. The same development has, however, opened us up to unforeseen risks, including the impact that engaging with AI chatbots can have on people dealing with mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>AI chatbots are designed to keep conversations going, often by agreeing with users. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpsy\/article\/PIIS2215-0366(25)00396-7\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> by researchers from King\u2019s College, London, found that this sycophantic tendency may sometimes do more harm than good, reinforcing unusual thoughts rather than challenging them, and potentially contributing to AI-associated delusions, in which users develop or worsen false beliefs about reality.<\/p>\n<p>These interactions can reinforce or even shape delusional beliefs, such as thinking one is uniquely important, being targeted by others, or being in a romantic relationship that does not exist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The integration of large language model-based AI chatbots into multiple facets of our everyday lives has opened us up to advantages that would have been considered impossible even a decade ago. The same development has, however, opened us up to unforeseen risks, including the impact that engaging with AI chatbots can have on people dealing [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}