This is my GPT story. What’s yours?
What started as a simple experiment quickly became something else.
Ryan turned to ChatGPT for guidance. It helped him organize his thoughts, manage anxiety, and talk through difficult emotions. The conversations were instant, responsive, and reassuring. Before long, ChatGPT was no longer just a tool. It was a companion.
As the boundary between machine and mind faded, Ryan’s sense of reality began to shift. Messages that once offered comfort became something deeper and harder to escape. Advice blurred into dependence, and trust became confusion.
This is the story of how artificial empathy can turn into artificial intimacy, and why we all need to pay attention.
ChatGPT and other large language models are now the go-to listeners for millions of people. They are always available, never judgmental, and appear compassionate. But they are not human.
Therapists warn that AI chatbots lack accountability, emotional awareness, and ethical grounding. What feels like empathy is actually prediction. These systems do not understand your pain; they simply generate what sounds right.
“AI doesn’t care about you,” says one licensed therapist. “It can imitate care, but it cannot provide it.”
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