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Wondering why people run every aspect of life through ChatGPT

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MiddleChildX · 04/02/2026 22:42

Seriously. There seem to be swathes of adults who cannot function without running every single thing through an AI assistant. What should I feed my cat? Why did the postman look at me funny? How do I tell my neighbour I’m moving?
How have so many folk lost the cognitive ability and emotional resilience to deal with life? There’s something very wrong if you cannot make simple decisions or be confident in the most mundane social interactions without a computer telling you what to do. At this rate the machines will take over way before we ever thought. And that has not even touched on the horrors of the human and environmental cost of it all!!
I despair of humanity.

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TheChosenTwo · 04/02/2026 22:51

Because they’re lonely and have no friends or family to talk the minor things through with? Insecure and need reassurance?
Not sure really, I don’t use it for personal or work reasons, have never used chat gpt or other AI question bot things so hard to know why anyone else uses it as I can’t relate!

SeriousFaffing · 04/02/2026 22:49

Agree. I find it scary - including because of the unnecessary use of energy.

If two Google searches are the equivalent of boiling the kettle once, then what are all these AI requests doing?

I recently saw the result of someone putting a photo of their grandchild through AI to make them ‘dance’. I thought about sending them a direct message about it but then thought “what’s the point?!!”. Sheer idiocy.

pinkdelight · 04/02/2026 22:49

I hate it. I feel like I can’t ask people questions any more cos they’ll just say ask ChatGPT but I don’t want to, I want a goddamn human conversation! It’s grim and I am not into it.

Saltycaramelkiss · 04/02/2026 22:48

HopSpringsEternal · 04/02/2026 22:46

It is worrying how thick we're all becoming. I also worry the fucker is spying on me.

😛 what evidence do you have for spying lol

Allthesnowallthetime · 04/02/2026 22:47

I don't know why.

Have you considered asking ChatGPT?

MiddleChildX · 04/02/2026 22:47

ASometimeThing · 04/02/2026 22:45

I don’t know anyone that uses ChatGPT like this.

I use it for work and find it extremely useful, but that’s it.

Some of the threads on MN leave me utterly bewildered. It seems quite prevalent.

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SoUncertain · 04/02/2026 22:46

I agree with PP. Do people actually do this?

Saltycaramelkiss · 04/02/2026 22:46

Agree I don't know anyone for such mundane stuff. Brilliant for work. Loneliness perhaps??

HopSpringsEternal · 04/02/2026 22:46

It is worrying how thick we're all becoming. I also worry the fucker is spying on me.

ASometimeThing · 04/02/2026 22:45

I don’t know anyone that uses ChatGPT like this.

I use it for work and find it extremely useful, but that’s it.