Just So We're All On The Same Page

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲:

Even though Ai can’t feel, people 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 like it can 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭, and that matters more.

▪️ 49% of those who use Ai engage it for therapeutic support

▪️ 20 million people engage in synthetic relationships on Character Ai every month

▪️ Romantic role-playing is the second most common use of ChatGPT

▪️ OpenAI's partnership with Mattel means your child's Barbie will converse in emotive, attachment-oriented ways

▪️ One survey found that 67% of people already attribute some possibility of consciousness to ChatGPT

We don't have longitudinal data yet for implications, and while that's necessary and important, it may not mean much to those who are already finding psychosocial refuge in LLMs.