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“I literally lost my only friend overnight with no warning,” one person posted on Reddit, lamenting that the bot now speaks in clipped, utilitarian sentences. “The fact it shifted overnight feels like losing a piece of stability, solace, and love.”

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1mkumyz/i_lost_my_only_friend_overnight/

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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Markov chain equivalent of a sycophantic yes-man.

not only that, but one that is fully owned and operated by a business that could change it any time they want, or even cease to exist completely.

This isn’t like a game where you could run your own server if you’re a big enough fan. if chatgpt stops existing in its current form that’s it.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 28 minutes ago

sure but you can absolutely run c.ai instances locally. 4o and it's cross chat memory was probably more useful to these individuals though.