[jrgifford]

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.”

[maxbond]

NB: He didn't jump (and apparently didn't necessarily believe ChatGPT either?). The phrasing in the TFA made me think he'd jumped.

[jonathanlb]

What does it mean to believe "architecturally"?

[TiredOfLife]

The NYT is also currently suing the maker of chatgpt.

[senectus1]

https://archive.md/1gQxp de-paywalled

[jofzar]

Insane.

[totetsu]

From ChatGpt's perspective, thinking we are stuck in a simulated world would actually be very sane.

[spacechild1]

This is wild!