{"id":16779,"date":"2024-12-03T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/the-chatgpt-secret-is-that-text-message-from-your-friend-your-lover-or-a-robot\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T09:39:00","slug":"the-chatgpt-secret-is-that-text-message-from-your-friend-your-lover-or-a-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/the-chatgpt-secret-is-that-text-message-from-your-friend-your-lover-or-a-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"The ChatGPT secret: is that text message from your friend, your lover \u2013 or a robot?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People are turning to chatbots to solve all their life problems, and they like its answers. But are they on a very slippery slope?<\/p>\n<p>When Tim first tried ChatGPT, he wasn\u2019t very impressed. He had a play around, but ended up cancelling his subscription. Then he started having marriage troubles. Seeking to alleviate his soul-searching and sleepless nights, he took up journalling and found it beneficial. From there, it was a small step to unburdening himself to the chatbot, he says: \u201cChatGPT is the perfect journal \u2013 because it will talk back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tim started telling the platform about himself, his wife, Jill, and their recurring conflicts. They have been married for nearly 20 years, but still struggle to communicate; during arguments, Tim wants to talk things through, while Jill seeks space. ChatGPT has helped him to understand their differences and manage his own emotional responses, Tim says. He likens it to a friend \u201cwho can help translate from \u2018husband\u2019 to \u2018wife\u2019 and back, and tell me if I\u2019m being reasonable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/dec\/03\/the-chatgpt-secret-is-that-text-message-from-your-friend-your-lover-or-a-robot\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7b130b7343ec5babd5f147745981333003148426\/0_0_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5a26c920c062c0ba3cece9561ed4f1e6\" title=\"The ChatGPT secret: is that text message from your friend, your lover \u2013 or a robot?\" \/>People are turning to chatbots to solve all their life problems, and they like its answers. But are they on a very slippery slope?<br \/>\nWhen Tim first tried ChatGPT, he wasn\u2019t very impressed. He had a play around, but ended up cancelling his subscription. Then he started having marriage troubles. Seeking to alleviate his soul-searching and sleepless nights, he took up journalling and found it beneficial. From there, it was a small step to unburdening himself to the chatbot, he says: \u201cChatGPT is the perfect journal \u2013 because it will talk back.\u201d<br \/>\nTim started telling the platform about himself, his wife, Jill, and their recurring conflicts. They have been married for nearly 20 years, but still struggle to communicate; during arguments, Tim wants to talk things through, while Jill seeks space. ChatGPT has helped him to understand their differences and manage his own emotional responses, Tim says. He likens it to a friend \u201cwho can help translate from \u2018husband\u2019 to \u2018wife\u2019 and back, and tell me if I\u2019m being reasonable\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are turning to chatbots to solve all their life problems, and they like its answers. But are they on a very slippery slope? When Tim first tried ChatGPT, he wasn\u2019t very impressed. He had a play around, but ended up cancelling his subscription. Then he started having marriage troubles. Seeking to alleviate his soul-searching &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/the-chatgpt-secret-is-that-text-message-from-your-friend-your-lover-or-a-robot\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The ChatGPT secret: is that text message from your friend, your lover \u2013 or a robot?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16779"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}