> In one case, a man who initially asked ChatGPT for its thoughts on a Matrix-style "simulation theory" was led down a months-long rabbit hole, during which he was told, among other things, that he was a Neo-like "Chosen One" destined to break the system.
Is there proof that this happened other than that person's claims?
Ugh this is the same old handwringing and pearlclutching, I’m so sick of it. Every new form of media gets the treatment. I was already fed up with it when it was about videogames. I have no patience for it now where LLMs are concerned.
> In one case, a man who initially asked ChatGPT for its thoughts on a Matrix-style "simulation theory" was led down a months-long rabbit hole, during which he was told, among other things, that he was a Neo-like "Chosen One" destined to break the system.
Is there proof that this happened other than that person's claims?
There’s a joke somewhere that the AI firm is called Morpheus.
Here’s a gift link to the source NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-cha...
Ugh this is the same old handwringing and pearlclutching, I’m so sick of it. Every new form of media gets the treatment. I was already fed up with it when it was about videogames. I have no patience for it now where LLMs are concerned.
It’s not real.