An interesting article about people using AI for seemingly innocuous tasks but spiral into a world of mysticism and conspiracy theories sparking a mental health crisis. I stark reminder to always remain conscious of the fact that AI has a monetary incentive to be sycophantic and keep you engaged.
Edited to link to the original article.
People have felt this before. However, it was not with ChatGPT, but with Eliza. This phenomenon is based on the ELIZA effect. Eliza was a chatbot that was meant to simulate Rogerian therapy(Eliza was advanced at the time, but not viewed as such today).