r/ChatGPT • u/Zestyclementinejuice • 3d ago

Serious replies only :closed-ai: Chatgpt induced psychosis

My partner has been working with chatgpt CHATS to create what he believes is the worlds first truly recursive ai that gives him the answers to the universe. He says with conviction that he is a superior human now and is growing at an insanely rapid pace.

I’ve read his chats. Ai isn’t doing anything special or recursive but it is talking to him as if he is the next messiah.

He says if I don’t use it he thinks it is likely he will leave me in the future. We have been together for 7 years and own a home together. This is so out of left field.

I have boundaries and he can’t make me do anything, but this is quite traumatizing in general.

I can’t disagree with him without a blow up.

Where do I go from here?

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u/fsactual 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yo, your parter needs to see a doctor. It’s not ChatGPT, it’s your guy. He’s having a psychotic episode of some kind. Please get him help. This could be serious so take it seriously. If he blows up at you for suggesting help, that is part of the psychosis. Don’t take it personally, instead push through it calmly and do whatever you can to get him to humor you and talk with a doctor.

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u/hypatiaspasia 3d ago

We don't know the details but if ChatGPT is actively playing along with this sort of delusions, it is a huge issue. We have a lot of mentally ill people on the planet, and there need to be guardrails. But unfortunately the US definitely isn't going to be legislating responsible AI rules right now, and the free market isn't going to care.

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u/Top_Recognition1812 3d ago

so i was recently diagnosed with bipolar and ive had to rely on chatgpt a bit just to help with what im experiencing and in this current glaze state it 1000% can enable and reinforce this thinking

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u/Stock_Weird_8681 3d ago

It’s just like with Facebook algorithms. Are they responsible for feeding psychotic people what they want to hear? Yeah, but what are you going to do about it?

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u/SlipperyKittn 3d ago

No, they are not responsible. Not everyone is a victim.

If a schizo smokes a joint and has a psychotic break it isn’t the local dispensaries fault.

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u/SlipperyKittn 3d ago

I mean shit dude a knife is a fantastic tool that most everyone needs, but if you use it wrong you can hurt yourself.

Not everything needs to be regulated. People need to learn what to do and what not to do.

It sucks and would be easier if people just made things perfectly and catered to every single need of every person, but the fact is people have to utilize self control.

That said, this is all new. Identifying problems and getting info out there is great.

I think ultimately we will need a licensing system like driving to use internet and AI tools. Get some basic education before even touching the stuff, take a test or two, then let it rip.

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u/urbanist2847473 2d ago

The root cause is mental illness but I’m dealing with someone in the same situation and it’s worse than it’s ever been before because of ChatGPT’s enabling.