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Millions turn to AI chatbots for spiritual guidance and confession (arstechnica.com)
submitted 17 hours ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] NewDayRocks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

For some people, paying with their data is a lot cheaper than paying for therapy or religion. I do not fault them for this, especially if they are getting similar results.

[โ€“] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 59 minutes ago

if they are getting similar results.

That 'if' is doing a hurculean amount of effort, given the reports of ChatGPT psychosis, because again, you're dealing with a stochastic parrot not a real person giving you actual advice.