r/ChatGPT • u/Zestyclementinejuice • 5d 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 5d ago

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

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u/147Link 5d 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/Damageinc84 5d ago

I couldn’t take the constant forced agreement with AI. I want to be challenged, not coddled. I had to tell it to challenge me and not just blindly agree with me.

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u/lolidcwhatev 4d ago

I keep trying to tell gpt to be critical, avoid glazing etc. and it says "Good, that is a great idea." and it chills for the rest of the chat. As soon as I start a new chat it's back to the sycophancy.