Yes, specifically it seemed like OpenAI was actively encouraging people (men) to have fake personal relationships with a chatbot. I am wondering if Sam Altman gave up on the idea that transformers can ever be general-purpose problem solvers[1] and is pivoting to the creepy character.ai market.
[1] They are “general purpose” but not at all “problem solvers” https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.13638