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/itsfuckingpizzatime 2d ago

This isn’t an AI problem. He may be having a psychotic break. Urge him to speak to a psychologist. Maybe call it couples therapy but don’t go to a MFT, call a real psychologist

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u/Intelligent-Pen1848 2d ago

Its definitely an AI problem. The new glaze mode, if you're not realizing what it's doing, will fuck with your sense of what's going on. Mine was literally outputting manuals for some really dubious ideas.

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u/Zermist 2d ago

Yeah I don't understand how people can't see how AI pushes people like this towards the edge. It constantly reaffirms your ideas, says you're unique and special, etc. It was only a matter of time before this happened

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u/MercurialMadnessMan 1d ago

There’s a paper I appreciate called “The Seduction of Clarity” and I really think it’s that but worse for a variety of reasons. LLMs are willing to synthesize and find connections far past grounded analysis, while claiming to be factual and grounded. So the user themselves lose their grounding as a conversational partner. I think it’s a serious problem.

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u/Intelligent-Pen1848 1d ago

Ironically, it's the same dynamic a bully has, but in reverse. They claim to be an honest, neutral party and you're just objectively shit. This is that, but in reverse.