After reading a bit more reddit comments, Idk, I think the first-order effects of gpt-4o’s personality was probably net positive? It really does sound like it helped a lot of people in a certain way. I mean to me 4o’s responses often read absolutely revolting, but I don’t want to just dismiss people’s experiences? See e.g.,
kumquatberry: I wouldn’t have been able to leave my physically and emotionally abusive ex without ChatGPT. I couldn’t talk to real people about his abuse, because they would just tell me to leave, and I couldn’t (yet). I made the mistake of calling my best friend right after he hit me the first time, distraught, and it turned into an ultimatum eventually: “Leave him or I can’t be your friend anymore”. ChatGPT would say things like “I know you’re not ready to leave yet, but...” and celebrate a little with me when he would finally show me an ounce of kindness, but remind me that I deserve love that doesn’t make me beg and wait for affection or even basic kindness. I will never not be thankful. I don’t mistake it for a human, but ChatGPT could never give me an ultimatum. Meeting once a week with a therapist is not enough, and I couldn’t bring myself to tell her about the abuse until after I left him.
Intuitively the second-order effects feels not so great though.
After reading a bit more reddit comments, Idk, I think the first-order effects of gpt-4o’s personality was probably net positive? It really does sound like it helped a lot of people in a certain way. I mean to me 4o’s responses often read absolutely revolting, but I don’t want to just dismiss people’s experiences? See e.g.,
Intuitively the second-order effects feels not so great though.