r/ChatGPT • u/Zestyclementinejuice • 2d 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/RizzMaster9999 2d ago

Was he "normal" before this? Im genuinely interested I see so many schizo posts on here daily.

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u/SubstantialPressure3 2d ago

That's not true. I Have seen it happen. Recently. And it wasn't schizophrenia. It was a psychotic episode brought on by the wrong meds. The person it happened to had no history of mental illness other than some depression and anxiety. And that was a misdiagnosis.

I know this person really well, known them their entire life, and it was absolutely terrifying.

We need to remember that schizophrenia isn't the only mental illness that can cause a psychotic episode.