Stop That“Others expressed deep emotional attachments to GPT-4o or other models, complaining about losing their "only friend" or a deep emotional companion.”
…jfc.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/the-gpt-5-rollout-has-been-a-big-mess/
Yakyu Night Owl@stopthatgirl7@famichiki.jp Is there a study that shows what percentage of these people think Teddy Ruxpin actually talks?
Glen Malley@stopthatgirl7@famichiki.jp Like, just with regular old chatgpt? I've had fairly lengthy discussions with it and not once ever felt it was responding in any sort of friend-like way. What the hell are people doing with these things to get this kind of attachment?
Glen Malley@stopthatgirl7@famichiki.jp I'm reading the linked comments and I don't understand this concept of having "workflows" for doing things. It sounds like cargo cult talk.
Glen Malley@stopthatgirl7@famichiki.jp I'm reading the linked comments and I don't understand this concept of having "workflows" for doing things. It sounds like cargo cult talk.