I view this from a heuristics and biases perspective. Mental health effects of LLMs seem well-explained as mediated by processing fluency as described by Schwarz et al. So it’s in the halo effect, mere exposure, confirmation bias, availability bias, etc., cluster. If there is a meaningful uptick in mental illness that could be intervened upon, this view suggests some funny interventions like making LLM outputs harder to read with a blur or drop shadow, or chewing popcorn while interacting with LLMs. Also, Cognitive Reflection Test scores (which could change within lifetime, despite apparently being pretty stable) should negatively correlate with susceptibility to LLM-induced psychosis.
I view this from a heuristics and biases perspective. Mental health effects of LLMs seem well-explained as mediated by processing fluency as described by Schwarz et al. So it’s in the halo effect, mere exposure, confirmation bias, availability bias, etc., cluster. If there is a meaningful uptick in mental illness that could be intervened upon, this view suggests some funny interventions like making LLM outputs harder to read with a blur or drop shadow, or chewing popcorn while interacting with LLMs. Also, Cognitive Reflection Test scores (which could change within lifetime, despite apparently being pretty stable) should negatively correlate with susceptibility to LLM-induced psychosis.