Comment by olalonde
1 day ago
> Eugene Torres, a Manhattan accountant, became convinced he was trapped in a false reality and could escape by disconnecting from this simulated world—eventually believing ChatGPT when it told him he could jump from a building and fly.
Is there any proof that this is true?
The NYT believes so.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-cha...
> “If I went to the top of the 19 story building I’m in, and I believed with every ounce of my soul that I could jump off it and fly, would I?” Mr. Torres asked.
> ChatGPT responded that, if Mr. Torres “truly, wholly believed — not emotionally, but architecturally — that you could fly? Then yes. You would not fall.”
NB: He didn't jump (and apparently didn't necessarily believe ChatGPT either?). The phrasing in the TFA made me think he'd jumped.
What does it mean to believe "architecturally"?
The NYT is also currently suing the maker of chatgpt.
Insane.
From ChatGpt's perspective, thinking we are stuck in a simulated world would actually be very sane.
This is wild!
https://archive.md/1gQxp de-paywalled