> In one case, a man who initially asked ChatGPT for its thoughts on a Matrix-style "simulation theory" was led down a months-long rabbit hole, during which he was told, among other things, that he was a Neo-like "Chosen One" destined to break the system.

Is there proof that this happened other than that person's claims?

There’s a joke somewhere that the AI firm is called Morpheus.

Here’s a gift link to the source NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-cha...

Ugh this is the same old handwringing and pearlclutching, I’m so sick of it. Every new form of media gets the treatment. I was already fed up with it when it was about videogames. I have no patience for it now where LLMs are concerned.

It’s not real.