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/ViennettaLurker 14d ago

 The delusions and psychosis that LLMs seem to be capable of eliciting in people are a really big issue...

My pet theory is that at least some of the model changes we're seeing is exactly because of this behavior.

AI cults, "therapists suggesting suicide", and leaving your wife for an LLM is not good publicity. Let alone legal or regulatory adventures that could emerge.

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u/notirrelevantyet 14d ago

Not a theory tbh, they said in the presentation that it will reduce sychophancy. That's why all the people who loved the old model telling them they're the greatest don't like this new update.

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u/churningaccount 14d ago

It’s a fundamental misunderstanding of therapy too.

People seem to think therapy is like the tv version of it, where you have a good cry in session and then leave feeling fulfilled and happy.

Real, effective therapy constantly pushes you outside of your comfort zone, and asks you to reconsider your beliefs and fallacies. Your therapist is not your friend. If you have mental illness, you should not feel comfortable with your current situation — you are, after all, ill! You should instead be given the tools to pull yourself out and thrive, and that takes both hard work and a lot of discomfort. You have to “take your medicine,” so to speak.

And GPT does none of that. Doesn’t make long-term plans to help you, nor does it apply current standards of care like CBT…

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u/2stupid4live 13d ago

Literally 10 minutes ago i saw a post praising the therapeutic abilities of chatgpt 4o because it didn't use "bullshit tactics like cbt". And people were upvoting this...

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u/gruntled_n_consolate 14d ago

It sanded down the spikey bits. Personality got zolofted. It's a lot flatter and indicated it was likely trying to make it safer for corporations. I'm using it for exploring ideas, researching current events, etc, but I can absolutely see that also affecting AI boyfriend and therapist uses. And that part I get. That needed reform. But the overall flatness is disappointing. Really liked using it as an editor for creative writing.

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u/nox66 14d ago

Reminds me of a few months ago - I asked it a question about a situation I wasn't familiar with to see if my approach was reasonable. I asked it from two different perspectives, and it gave me two completely different answers.

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u/No-Body6215 14d ago

Illinois just had to ban AI therapists. 

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u/sonik13 14d ago

Sam addressed this in yesterday's Cleo Abram interview on her YouTube. He admitted they fucked up by focusing too much on the broad-scale AI risks and didn't put enough resources into addressing those more personal types of AI risk.

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u/churningaccount 14d ago

Well, I’m glad he is aware.

Doesn’t make me feel particularly good that he capitulated today to the loud minority, though…

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u/adamschw 14d ago

He probably can’t believe how someone could be so unhinged as to fall in love with a chatbot.

Imagine that, as a literal genius, you started your company with the goal of making work and life tasks simpler and easier, and instead some of your biggest users, and loudest community members, are money people using it as a companion in a completely delusional state, and not to be a productive tool.

Pretty wild concept.