ChatGPT Is Not Your Friend (guest post by Grace Helton)

Part One of a two-part series by Grace Helton (guest blogger) [Paul Klee, Angel Applicant, 1939; source ] Some people have come to interact with ChatGPT as though it were a kind of friend or romantic partner . For instance, a 2025 New York Times article describes the case of Ayrin, a human who fell in love with her ChatGPT “boyfriend.” Ayrin is far from alone. Twenty percent of high school…