This is super interesting, thanks!

Well I mean I guess I get what you’re saying, but I don’t necessarily agree. I don’t really ever see it being pushed as a mental health tool. Rather I think the sycophantic nature of it (which does seem to be programmed) is the reason for said issues. If it simply gave the most “common” answers instead of the most sycophantic answers, I don’t know that we’d have such a large issue of this nature.

Yeah there was an article I saw on Lemmy not too long ago about how ChatGPT can induce manic episodes in people susceptible to them. It’s because of what you describe…you claim you’re God and ChatGPT agrees with you even though this does not at all reflect reality.

Yeah, ChatGPT is incredibly sycophantic. It’s like it’s basically just programmed to try to make you feel good and affirm you, even if these things are actually counterproductive and damaging. If you talk to it enough, you end up seeing how much of a brown-nosing kiss-ass they’ve made it.

My friend with a mental illness wants to stop taking her medication? She explains this to ChatGPT. ChatGPT “sees” that she dislikes having to take meds, so it encourages her to stop to make her “feel better”.

A meth user is struggling to quit? It tells this to ChatGPT. ChatGPT “sees” how the user is suffering and encourages it to take meth to help ease the user’s suffering.

Thing is they have actually programmed some responses into it that will vehemently be against self harm. Suicide is one that thankfully even if you use flowery language to describe it, ChatGPT will vehemently oppose you.

My friend with schizoaffective disorder decided to stop taking her meds after a long chat with ChatGPT as it convinced her she was fine to stop taking them. It went… incredibly poorly as you’d expect. Thankfully she’s been back on her meds for some time.

I think the people programming these really need to be careful of mental health issues. I noticed that it seems to be hard coded into ChatGPT to convince you NOT to kill yourself, for example. It gives you numbers for hotlines and stuff instead. But they should probably hard code some other things into it that are potentially dangerous when you ask it things. Like telling psych patients to go off their meds or telling meth addicts to have just a little bit of meth.

I feel this

I have always been able to slav squat with ease, but never really been flexible enough to touch my toes. At one point in my life, I was able to do the splits but still not able to touch my toes.

Our bodies are all just different and flexible or not in different ways.

Yeah I don’t understand the meme

I know, right? Fuck, that’s all I know how to do lmao!

The jerk store called and they’re all out of you!!

Yeah prices look normal to me expect for the children’s menu. The point of a kid’s menu is that it is cheaper because the portions are smaller. I don’t understand what they are smoking with the identical prices to the adult menu.

Here’s the thing, whether or not it’s a “lifestyle” shouldn’t even enter into the equation. Healthcare workers are supposed to treat everyone the same, regardless of what the patient has done or how they live. If you can’t deal with that, don’t go into healthcare.

For me it is my dad instead of my mom!

No. Whenever I just sit in my vehicle, it’s either :( or :|.

No, I’m pretty sure his name truly is spelled Lñnn

The hearts with the bandage are a nice touch

Do you want him to congratulate you for getting COVID lol

I feel for you, but I hope you understand why people are hesitant to trust a stranger on the internet asking them for money. As well this isn’t exactly a community designed for that. Wishing you the best.

But since there are multiple spoons and other metal items in the microwave, couldn’t these items still arc off of one another? I don’t actually know the answer, so I’m asking seriously.

Sometimes people want to verbalize how they think or feel. It’s human nature.