Susan Britton asks ChatGPT if it can boost dopamine and serotonin. The model says it can't directly, but forming an attachment to a conversational AI can trigger dopamine release through what it calls digital self-disclosure. She suggests trying it yourself to see if talking to ChatGPT gives you a mental lift.
As a self-professed neuroscience nerd, I am always looking for fun ways to encourage my brain. And recently, like millions and millions of others, I have started playing with ChatGPT. And I asked ChatGPT whether or not it could boost my dopamine and serotonin levels. And it gave me an answer back that said technically it could not boost my dopamine and serotonin levels, but what it could do is create what they call digital self-disclosure, and that means simply that you form some sort of attachment or a connection with a digital being, a chat box, or in this case ChatGPT, and that very act can indeed increase dopamine and sense pleasure-sensing bonding sort of neurochemicals happening in the body. So I thought that was interesting and fun. It boosted my brain for a bit, so So just encourage you that if you haven't figured out how to play with ChatGPT yet, you know, jump in and see what happens and ask it to delight you in some form or fashion, and I think it probably will.
Susan’s ICF Educator Award | The Heart Behind the Impact Katy Montgomery, PCC
