Sam Altman, the face of ChatGPT, recently made an excellent argument for not using ChatGPT or any cloud-based AI chatbot in favor of a LLM running on your PC instead. In speaking on Theo Von’s podcast (as unearthed by PCMag.

Sam Altman gave a pretty clear warning why ChatGPT users should be careful about using the chatbot for emotional support.

One of the upshots of having an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant like ChatGPT everywhere you go is that people start leaning on it for things it was never meant for. According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, that includes therapy and personal life advice – but it could lead to all manner of privacy problems in the future.