I am not sure which heartless comments you are referring to but what I do see is genuine concern for the mental health of individuals who seem to be overly attached, on a deep emotional level, to an LLM: That does not look good at all.

Just a few days ago another person on that subreddit was explaining how they used ChatGPT to talk to a simulated version of their dad, who recently passed away. At the same time there are reports that may indicate LLMs triggering actual psychosis to some users (https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/delusions-b...).

Given the loneliness epidemic there are obvious commercial reasons to make LLMs feel like your best pal, which may result in these vulnerable individuals getting more isolated and very addicted to a tech product.

> I do see is genuine concern for the mental health of individuals

I think that is going to be an issue regardless of the model. It will just take time for that person to reset to the new model.

For me the whole thing feels like a culture shock. It was rapid change in tone that came off as being rude.

But if you had that type of conversations from the start it would have been a non-issue.

The place we still call America for illogical reasons is a broken society in seemingly finals stages of its existence. Of course broken people will glom onto yet another digital form of a drug that gives an impression of at least suppressing the pain they feel for reasons they do not understand.

It is little more than the Rat Park Experiment, only in this American version, the researchers think giving more efficient and various ways of delivering morphine water is how you make a rat park.