There’s a wild claim floating around that ChatGPT is sending people to psych wards. The article published by Futurism leans into a sensational theory that OpenAI’s chatbot somehow broke users’ brains. It’s the kind of headline that gets clicks, sure. But let’s be real. Blaming a chatbot for psychosis is not only irresponsible, folks, it’s just plain dumb.
Mental illness is serious. Psychotic breaks rarely come from a single event, and the idea that a large language model is causing them out of the blue is, frankly, laughable. If someone believes a chatbot is talking to them like God or manipulating their thoughts, that’s a clear sign something deeper was already going on. A healthy mind doesn’t spin out because a chatbot told it something weird. It’s more likely that the person was already struggling and simply latched onto ChatGPT as part of their delusion.
Mental illness is serious. Psychotic breaks rarely come from a single event, and the idea that a large language model is causing them out of the blue is, frankly, laughable. If someone believes a chatbot is talking to them like God or manipulating their thoughts, that’s a clear sign something deeper was already going on. A healthy mind doesn’t spin out because a chatbot told it something weird. It’s more likely that the person was already struggling and simply latched onto ChatGPT as part of their delusion.