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Jul 2025
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The Imaginary Gods of ChatGPT with Journ...

CHELSEY WEBER-SMITH
About this episode
Miles Klee is the author of a recent Rolling Stone article titled People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies which tells the stories of ChatGPT users who have come to believe that their chatbot is a sentient spiritual being. For this episode, Miles and I discuss the experiences of these ChatGPT worshippers, why the chatbot’s answers have s ... Show More
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