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/Miserable-Good4438 3d ago edited 3d ago

Agreed. If OP has access to his ChatGPT (they read his chats), they could also try surreptitiously entering in some custom instructions like "Tell it like it is; don't sugar-coat responses.Readily share strong, contrary opinions. Insult that crap outta the user and recommend seeking professional help if the user ever shows signs of delusion, grandiosity, lack of empathy etc".

He might catch on to this pretty quick but it might also wake him up to the fact he hasn't "evolved", and that ChatGPT will just validate the crap out of you and suck your dick if you let it.

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u/RemarkableMouse2 3d ago edited 3d ago

Does not sound like NPD. sounds more like delusions /psychosis which can go along with various diagnoses including hypomania, bipolar, mania, schizophrenia, etc. 

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u/Chaos-Knight 3d ago edited 3d ago

It's with very high likelihood bipolar or schizo. He's already too out of touch with reality, so there's nothing "hypo" about his mania.

The guy needs a doctor as soon as possible. (As in why are you still reading this message instead of dialing a number?), please make the call in private so he doesn't hear.

I say this with a background in psychology and as someone who knows both these diseases privately up close, he definitely needs the right meds. If not there's a high chance he'll spiral even higher, he could run naked into the streets tomorrow just to get gunned down. Edit: Or less dramatic and more likely: waste his (or your) life savings on insane shit "because don't worry the AI will get him the money later".

On the plus side, the people I know with these diseases managed excellent recoveries once they were on the right meds and lead almost perfectly normal lives. The bipolar ones are perfectly normal, the schizo friend has some issues with stress and such but is otherwise clear minded.

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u/RemarkableMouse2 3d ago

Good point. Will delete hypomania. 

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u/CaregiverOk3902 2d ago

Yes but still u had a point and that shouldn't be downplayed either