One of the downsides of the internet is that these people can find each other with their mental illness and get not therapy, but validation.

Honestly this is more concerning to me than making me want to make fun of them. These people may be crazy, but they've formed an emotional attachment to something attempting to simulate a human, that's normal human behavior, done to an abnormal degree. These people are clearly struggling against the alienation in our society and seeking the comfort they can in a way that doesn't hurt anyone. I can sympathize with that, it's no different to me than hikkomori or a nerdy guy who's gotten too into a hobby because he's given up on finding a girlfriend or close friendships.

Maybe seeing them express feeling the need to hide what they're doing and going through to avoid mockery just hits me deep in the traumatic personal experiences.

Like, I really don't think this is a healthy coping mechanism, and I think they're opening themselves up to a lot of unnecessary vulnerability, but I suspect mockery will only further alienate them.

I understand people don’t like ai, and you certainly won’t see me in the ranks of AI advocates, but please don’t belittle their emotional states- remember that humans can get incredibly attached to even rocks, let alone something that speaks back to you.

I can't tell of they're just trolling or actually mentally ill. Also what is worse about the newer versions compared to 4? I've barely used it since it came out

I wish they'd realize this is gonna keep happening to them over and over.
"Altman said he wouldn't retire the m— cmon now, of course he would. If not because he has a bigger and better model to sell, because he managed to make a easier-to-run version of the old one.
These people are just opening themselves to endless heartache at the hands of these companies, as if they didn't have enough ways to manipulate us already.

Are these people, or bots as well? Only a clanker would mourn their loss.

Does the new versions “speak” differently or is it just projection on their part? Sorry if my question is stupid, but i almost never used LLMs.

Do AI chatbots "remember" previous interactions? Like, I know they do in the context of one dialogue. But when people have these "relationships" over weeks or months does the conversation build on everything that's been said before?

Eeriely reminiscent of this scene from Community: https://youtu.be/z906aLyP5fg