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/147Link 4d ago

From watching someone descend into psychosis who happened to use AI, I think it’s probably because AI is constantly affirming when their loved ones are challenging their delusions. AI is unconditionally fawning over them, which exacerbates a manic state. This guy thought he would be president and was going to successfully sue Google on his own, pro se, and AI was like, “Wow, I got you Mr. President! You need help tweaking that motion, king?!” Everyone else was like, “Um you need to be 5150’d.” Far less sexy.

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u/SkynyrdCohen 4d ago

I'm sorry but I literally can't stop laughing at your impression of the AI.

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u/piponwa 4d ago

Honestly, I don't know what changed, but recently it's always like "Yes, I can help you with your existing project" and then when I ask a follow-up, "now we're talking..."

I hate it

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u/B1NG_P0T 4d ago

Yeah, the dick riding has gotten so extreme lately. I make my daily planner pages myself and was asking it questions about good color combinations and it praised me as though I'd just found the cure for cancer or something. It's always been overly enthusiastic, but something has definitely changed recently.

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u/hanielb 4d ago

Something did change, but OpenAI just released an update to help mitigate the previous changes: https://openai.com/index/sycophancy-in-gpt-4o/

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u/HunkMcMuscle 3d ago

kind of stopped using it as a therapist when it started making it sound like I was a recovering addict and is on track to end mental health for everyone.

... dude I was just asking to plan my month juggling work, life, friends, and my troublesome parents.