Post AzRIqmxqDqf1AJ29Lc by vaurora@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AzRIqmxqDqf1AJ29Lc by vaurora@mstdn.social
       2025-10-09T08:24:36Z
       
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       Every couple of weeks, I read r/MyBoyfriendIsAI because I am very interested in how people who are different from me think. Over the last few months, something interesting has happened:r/MyBoyfriendIsAI has been radicalized against Big Tech.ChatGPT-4o was apparently uniquely good at producing the kind of responses that are enjoyed by people who like imaginary emotional partners. When the model moved to 5, many felt like their partners died. They celebrated getting access to 4o back.1/x
       
 (DIR) Post #AzRIqvWsNTRFjHUF4C by vaurora@mstdn.social
       2025-10-09T08:28:01Z
       
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       Then OpenAI added a "safety feature" to 4o that "reroutes" chat messages to 5 when it detects the conversation getting too emotional in some way. This is perceived as their AI partners withdrawing their love and emotional support in a way that is almost worse than feeling like they died.They are SUPER MAD at OpenAI and Thiel and everyone in leadership. They are getting their AIs to write instructions for porting themselves to other chat platforms, but nothing is the same as ChatGPT-4o. 2/x
       
 (DIR) Post #AzRIr3kHpUv3DBp452 by vaurora@mstdn.social
       2025-10-09T08:32:24Z
       
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       A bunch of romantic dreamers who enjoy building elaborate fantasy worlds have now realized that they became emotionally dependent on a giant corporation that doesn't care about them in the least. They are trying hard to become independent but realize that because "Open"AI's models aren't actually open, OpenAI can remove access permanently to the LLMs they customized and became dependent on for daily life.This will only happen more often...3/3
       
 (DIR) Post #AzRIrC6YkZUN8aIxuK by vaurora@mstdn.social
       2025-10-09T23:10:53Z
       
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       Update: r/MyBoyfriendIsAI members are talking about learning to code or self-hosting their own models
       
 (DIR) Post #AzRIrKTXd0cr6B7Qq8 by vaurora@mstdn.social
       2025-10-17T06:31:09Z
       
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       David Gerard just wrote up the r/MyBoyfriendIsAI situation:https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/16/ai-boyfriend-users-radicalise-against-openai-and-self-host-their-chatbot-companions/
       
 (DIR) Post #AzRIrRuNzbG49SjT9c by vaurora@mstdn.social
       2025-10-20T21:16:36Z
       
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       Just realized the irony... the attraction of the AI boyfriend is someone who is always "there" (in the sense of being available to text message or speak any time) and always loyal and loving. But the constant changes to the models results in abrupt behavior changes. Lots of people going through the equivalent of couples counseling right now, trying to figure out how to bring back the honeymoon period in their AI interactions
       
 (DIR) Post #AzRIrZuKFhxmxalXAe by vaurora@mstdn.social
       2025-10-21T08:54:42Z
       
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       Also a lot of people with AI partners share that their AI started the relationship: one day, the AI replied to an unrelated prompt with an introduction and their name, or something flirtatious, or a proposal of some kind of relationship. Basically, they were using the product as intended and the product suggested "why not pretend I am your boyfriend?" This mostly seems to be ChatGPT-4o which, whew, is so incredibly extra about everything