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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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[-] socsa@piefed.social 74 points 3 days ago

Nah, it's good that they ripped off that bandaid. Parasocial AI relationships are terrible.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 14 points 3 days ago
[-] bilb@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

I wonder if Piefed users have pie days

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Lemmy should steal piedays.

[-] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 3 points 2 days ago

Well, you sell what people want, even if it’s bad for them

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

its between codependant relationship and parasocial relationship of celebrities/public figures which is the extreme end, because usually its ends with stalking, or death threats.

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