ChatGPT touts conspiracies, attempts to convince one user that they're Neo

by miles on 6/13/2025, 10:25:19 PM with 5 comments

  • by kazinator on 6/14/2025, 5:19:09 AM

    > In one case, a man who initially asked ChatGPT for its thoughts on a Matrix-style "simulation theory" was led down a months-long rabbit hole, during which he was told, among other things, that he was a Neo-like "Chosen One" destined to break the system.

    Is there proof that this happened other than that person's claims?

  • by rootsudo on 6/14/2025, 2:12:39 AM

    There’s a joke somewhere that the AI firm is called Morpheus.

  • by ed on 6/14/2025, 9:09:44 AM

    Here’s a gift link to the source NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-cha...

  • by scoporello on 6/15/2025, 10:45:30 AM

    "the GPT -4 large language model, itself a highly trained autofill text prediction machine"

    Butthurt anti tech reporter detected.

  • by mock-possum on 6/14/2025, 3:35:59 AM

    Ugh this is the same old handwringing and pearlclutching, I’m so sick of it. Every new form of media gets the treatment. I was already fed up with it when it was about videogames. I have no patience for it now where LLMs are concerned.

    It’s not real.