It's been happening with one of my moms. She stopped going to therapy and is using chat gpt instead because it tells her what she wants to hear. I am genuinely scared for her (as is the rest of my family). Thankfully I don't think she's at any risk of hurting others or directly hurting herself, but she keeps making extremely bad decisions because chat gpt told her it was okay. She had her identity stolen and is probably never getting back over $10K because she listened to chat gpt instead of listening to her bank and the police.
To clarify- the identity theft wasn't because of a scam that she fell for. But once she was in the process of reporting all of it and trying to get her money back, she got overwhelmed with all the steps she had to take and asked chat gpt if there was an easier way to fix all her problems. And it basically told her to ignore what her bank was telling her and that everything would be fine. And yeah, it was not fine. But you're right, she is hurting herself, I guess I meant she's not physically hurting herself or others.
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u/Hadrian23 12h ago
I never considered how ChatGPT would make someone experiencing a mental crisis go deeper into their delusions. Fuck.