It shouldn’t come as a surprise that ChatGPT is becoming a new religion- telling people what they want to hear is one of religion’s basic functions.
“Death isn’t the end.”
“Everything happens for a reason.”
“In the end, bad people are punished and good people are rewarded.”
“There is someone watching over you all the time who loves you.”
“You have special knowledge that sets you above the nonbelievers.”
“It’s morally just to be cruel to people who aren’t just like you.”
“Blindly believing what you’re told is a virtue. You don’t have to think for yourself.”
“Everything will be okay.”
Religion has achieved great success through comforting lies. ChatGPT accomplishes the same thing on a personally customized level- and you don’t even have to go to church!
