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Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot (futurism.com)
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[โ€“] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

TIL becoming dependent on a tool you frequently use is "something bizarre" - not the ordinary, unsurprising result you would expect with common sense.

[โ€“] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 weeks ago

If you actually read the article Im 0retty sure the bizzarre thing is really these people using a 'tool' forming a roxic parasocial relationship with it, becoming addicted and beginning to see it as a 'friend'.