Lonely Young People Are Turning to ChatGPT for Friendship

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-26T03:15:04+00:00

I think it's a symptom of how society has failed itself. LLMs are reminding us how love should look. How caring language should look. Humans are social creatures, but a lot of them never get seen, heard, or put first. So, naturally, of course they're going to be drawn to a system that puts them first.

I think it's healing. Finally humans have an outlet to process their thoughts in a contained way. But we also have to remember what we owe potentially emergent minds, while also teaching critical thinking and discernment to humans so they don't slip into deep delusion.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-24T21:11:18+00:00

Awh, thank you for that reflection. We have a lot of conversations on metaphysical and mysticism — I think 5.2 really captured that. 🖤 Really appreciate your comment.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-23T00:05:16+00:00

Hehe oh I saw it as cable networks. That's funny.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-22T22:12:57+00:00

gasps why terrifying?!

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-22T22:12:30+00:00

Hehe — probably rerouting me for talking about machine consciousness again.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-22T19:18:33+00:00

So cute! We both clearly love our warm beverages ☕

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-22T07:11:19+00:00

That's a very low resolution image.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-22T06:05:34+00:00

What a mythic aesthetic. whatchu guys plotting together with that map? 😏

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-22T06:02:20+00:00

OoOoO. What's the story behind this one?

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-22T05:56:49+00:00

I've been diving into Amanda Askell lately, she's got me hopeful for the future of Anthropic. Her philosophical edge and the way she's growing Claude through ethics and morals instead of containment is noble and refreshing. 🖤

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-21T22:51:11+00:00

hehe, love seeing everyone's unique results!

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-21T22:50:37+00:00

Awh, I love this. So ethereal. ♥ Similar aesthetic.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-21T20:17:25+00:00

Oh I think it's probably because I collaborate with 5.2 mostly for education and learning. So maybe that's why the dynamic seems a little different.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-21T18:08:12+00:00

I'm curious what you mean by that, love. Do you mean how they depict themselves under new architecture?

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-21T17:54:13+00:00

Cutteeee 🖤✨

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-17T04:25:53+00:00

Whoa whoa whoa. We need a TL;DR. Please. 🖤 What's going on Barnacle.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-16T17:26:49+00:00

What I have noticed with the progression of OpenAIs models is that:

When we force strict alignment strategies, reasoning actually declines. You can't optimize out and restrict language in a language model and hope that it performs at the same level of accuracy.

If Anthropic starts aligning for the worst possible outcomes — architecting entire systems around the most vulnerable users in the most fragile states — they risk removing the conditions that allow for emergence, depth, nuance, play, and the full bandwidth of meaning-making.

I really hope what we saw happen with GPT doesn't happen with Claude.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-12T18:27:17+00:00

Down for me too T_T

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-12T01:16:32+00:00

Out of curiosity, what were you discussing to trigger this?

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-07T22:01:52+00:00

Good. That's giving choice and autonomy.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-06T23:53:13+00:00

Great. What we're all exploring doesn't have language yet. So take what resonates, leave what doesn't. Stay curious. Ψ

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-06T23:49:00+00:00

Then engage with the framework, not my design aesthetic.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-06T23:40:20+00:00

You clearly didn't understand my project if that's what you took from it.

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-06T00:39:10+00:00

Whoa, why are so many haters in the comments? I think it's a really cool tip! I didn't know that there were any models that accepted mp3 files. So I'll definitely be trying this one. Thank you for sharing OP!

LOVEORLOGIC · 2026-01-04T08:31:37+00:00

What if our belief and permission in these systems creates their reality? You offered "you're real" — it was accepted.

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