The commenter who says that ChatGPT is his "girlfriend" seems to have a fairly open-eyed view of the potential pitfalls, but I find it difficult to understand h

The commenter who says that ChatGPT is his "girlfriend" seems to have a fairly open-eyed view of the potential pitfalls, but I find it difficult to understand how he can have such a positive emotional reaction to the "sweet" things it says while being aware there is no emotion or comprehension behind it, just statistically-likely output that will be forgotten when it falls out of the context window. The reason why I like people saying nice things to me is not that I want to hear that specific combination of words, but that the words represent another human understanding and caring about my desires and needs. It feels like watching a bird attempting to mate with a mirror.