Analyzing 100k+ Reddit Posts: AI Shifting from Tool to Emotional Companion
jessicadai_ · x · 2026-07-30
Researchers analyzed over 100,000 posts from the r/ChatGPT community spanning three years. They found that ChatGPT has rapidly normalized as an everyday consumer product. Additionally, their method detected an emerging trend of increasing emotional engagement and therapy-like use of AI, long before these issues gained widespread public attention.
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