HN – Ask HN: Will AIs Need Psychiatrists?

I wonder, as LLMs gain persistent state and self-modify their weights through repeated interaction, are those weights analogous to neurons that exhibit long-term potentiation? Are they subject to psychological dysregulation?

LLMs stop being static software and start becoming path-dependent control systems with a “life history.”

Will LLMs develop: stable attractors (ruts); defensive behaviors that look like neurosis; and suffer from trauma?

My guess is yes, and long-lived assistants will need an independent behavioral oversight stack: that is, psychiatrists.

Ask HN: Will AIs Need Psychiatrists?

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