I'm sorry, that can be difficult, and I'm glad she was able to break free before it became an addiction. A girl I was seeing developed a major dependency on ChatGPT, and over just a few months, her lens grew increasingly insular and distorted.

AI was her confidant, reassuring her that her every thought was a masterful insight. As her beliefs decoupled more and more from reality, she became paranoid, distrustful, and unreceptive to ideas that didn't align with them. I asked her to stop and talk to a counselor, and she said she would, but after she was passed over for a professional opportunity that AI assured her she was the perfect candidate for, she didn't know who to turn to, or who to blame.

That night, we talked and said I love yous, and the next day I got an AI generated breakup text.

In the end, I was dumped by a chat bot.