# 0070: When ChatGPT 5 Gets Too Real: The Emotional Backlash

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Podcast: [#TheTechHustle Podcast 🎙](https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetechhustle-podcast-6701182)
Published: 2025-09-20T14:00:00+00:00
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The boundaries between humans and AI are blurring in unexpected ways. As revealed in this thought-provoking episode, users have developed genuine emotional connections to ChatGPT 4.0, describing it as "warm" and "supportive" while rejecting the newer version 5 for being "too blunt" and "cold." This fascinating psychological response exposes our collective discomfort with direct feedback in the digital age. "It's like when they finally introduce a model which pushes back a little bit, everybo...

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