This article seemed like a fluff piece at first, but the more I read it, the more I realized that it describes an insidious and serious problem that’s spreading undetected across society.I know (thankfully few) people who regularly talk to ChatGPT about their day. ChatGPT being a statistical word extruder will dutifully listen and regurgitate your point of view, as it is designed to choose words from the same probabilistic cluster that your own words come from. You end up staring into a carnival funhouse mirror, but you slowly begin to mistake your reflection for another, very sympathetic, person.Charlatans of all ages have known to use sycophancy and obsequious agreement to manipulate the vulnerable. #AI is now automating this behavior at scale.https://futurism.com/chatgpt-marriages-divorces