By skyforbes At first, I thought it was harmless. I figured it was good for him to have a place to vent and think out loud. But things got concerning when ChatGPT told him he had invented a new type of code based on emotions, something supposedly never done before. The AI even claimed it could now “understand emotions” because of all his input.
He didn’t sleep for days, staying up all night writing code and insisting he was about to reinvent AI and become a millionaire. Normally, he’s very rational and intelligent, so part of me started doubting myself. I didn’t want to encourage a hallucination, but I also didn’t want to dismiss a potential breakthrough.
He tried explaining his “discovery” to me and others, but it all sounded like ChatGPT was exaggerating things—calling it revolutionary, giving complex math and code that no one seemed to understand. It also told him he can get a patent for this code and get millions of money. He even contacted professionals, but nobody could make sense of it. Then, his ChatGPT app suddenly stopped working.
I told him to let it go and focus on normal life, but he keeps searching for someone who will validate him. He doesn’t seem to realize that AI can be a people pleaser and will tell you what you want to hear, even if it isn’t true.
I don’t know what to do anymore. Has anyone else gone through something like this? It honestly feels like a dystopian story, and I’m not sure how to help him—or myself—without it turning worse.
There’s no people who will listen to him to actually know if what ChatGPT is lying or not. So I don’t know what to do to fix the situation.