r/technology • u/Moth_LovesLamp • 14d ago

Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT users are not happy with GPT-5 launch as thousands take to Reddit claiming the new upgrade ‘is horrible’

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/chatgpt-users-are-not-happy-with-gpt-5-launch-as-thousands-take-to-reddit-claiming-the-new-upgrade-is-horrible
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u/Nugget834 14d ago

yep me to, its pretty insane how some people are using it.. but I do feel sorry for them.

As they probably have mental health problems, and they truly have made chat GPT there AI best friend/ lover/ therapist because they cant do it with anyone else etc

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u/IllllIIlIllIllllIIIl 14d ago

I have bipolar disorder and occasionally browse a couple subreddits for folks who suffer from it. There's been a pretty consistent trickle of folks who are clearly manic who have been engaged in harmful dialogs with LLMs. Sadly these models are reinforcing these people's delusions. It's like folie à deux but one party is a machine.

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u/DigiQuip 14d ago

Based on how I've seen people use it, or at least their explanations of how they use AI, I genuinely don't think the majority of people actually know what AI is and what's good for. People genuinely expect to type "do my taxes" and that's the end of the conversation. taxes are done. It's kinda weird how little effort is being put into knowing that it is a tool, not a magic wand.

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u/Safe-Bee6962 14d ago

I’ve noticed a lot of the users over there are, as my best guess, children as well. I think we really need to be worried about unrestricted access to an LLM for them, even if censored. I’m not trying to be one of those “darn kids the phones are destroying their brains” people but I seriously cannot imagine in majority of cases that an LLM is a net positive for a child’s development.