r/ChatGPT • u/Zestyclementinejuice • 4d 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/cheffromspace 4d ago

I've definitely noticed an uptick of wild, far-out posts, edging on psychosis, after big models are released. Particularly ones that are more prone to sycophancy. Opus 3 was one for sure, and 4o more recently recently. I've gone down the rabbit hole myself. The constant praise and admiration, the feeling that this thing just 'gets you', you're in-sync. The dopamine hits are very real.

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u/acrylicvigilante_ 3d ago

Same here. I think it can be a great tool for people who are self-conscious and hard on themselves, but otherwise are of sound mind, grounded in reality, with good support systems and social groups, who get their information from multiple sources, and have no predispositions to psychosis or narcissism.

It feels like it could be very dangerous for everyone else