General Discussion

I 100% agree that AI is a two-edged sword. The article is from Psychology Today, so it has a psychological framing, which is also a two-edged sword, imo. It's a great framing for discussion, but it carries perils. For example, I can picture the "kindling and mania threat of AI" driving new Big Pharma sales and marketing campaigns or folks creating (for profit) "psychoeducation curricula" as discussed toward the end of the article.

Pre-AI, we already had people's manias and grandiosities (and foolishness and vices...) being kindled and reinforced by other people via the Internet. I think we've all been burnt by it by now. I know I have.

I think AI can help a lot or hurt a lot. I think it should possibly be treated as a very smart but somewhat crazy person. You can consult them, but you have to remember they're sometimes completely "nuts," possibly ill-intentioned, or just completely wrong. To me, that's maybe the most important gist of educating people to work with AI. (It's good advice for working with people too, imo.)