17 year old son calling a phone number for Chat GPT

amother

OP ↓

Yesterday at 11:07 pm

my son knows that we periodically check his cellphone, we dont read the texts, but we can glance at who he is in contact with.
I found a number that he called a few times recently. I called it to see what it was. It said, welcome back to chat GPT
Ok, so I am clueless.
What is this number that he is calling and could it be a problem for a yeshivish yeshiva bochur to be calling it? Why might he be calling it and could it be at all offensive from a spiritual perspective? Is it clean or can he be exposing himself to inappropriate arayos through this?
Please respond if you can advise, thanks so much

amother

Arcticblue

Yesterday at 11:13 pm

Wow never knew Chat GPT is available over the phone like that. Turns out it is - https://help.openai.com/en/art.....phone

It’s like an advanced form of googling. You ask artificial intelligence questions and it answers you. It’s fun to play with. No reason to think he’s doing anything dirty. Why are you snooping on him to this degree? Feels excessive imho.

amother

↑ Powderblue

Yesterday at 11:15 pm

amother Arcticblue wrote:

It's new

You don't know who op is and what exposure is/isn't acceptable for her son at this point, you're assuming everything is fine may or may not be true and attacking the op was uncalled for

mha3484

Yesterday at 11:25 pm

It really depends on what you do with it. My very yeshivish 14 year old likes to have it write alternate history scenarios which he finds interesting.

I also listened to a podcast about lonely kids and teens using AI as someone to talk to and thats very problematic.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 11:31 pm

amother Arcticblue wrote:

snooping on him? did you read my OP? My son KNOWS that we periodically check his phone. I guess I should have been clearer... That was part of the agreement we made with him when we got him a phone . I am doing nothing excessive. I check it maybe twice a year. But thanks for the info. I didnt appreciate the attack though.
He is a very sheltered yeshiva bochur which is why I want to know what it is. I didnt even tell him yet that I saw he phoned that number. I want info first. thanks

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 11:32 pm

amother Powderblue wrote:

It's new

You don't know who op is and what exposure is/isn't acceptable for her son at this point, you're assuming everything is fine may or may not be true and attacking too was uncalled for

Thank you for standing up for me. And Yes my son is very sheltered. He doesnt have acess to google except on a desktop in the living room with everyone walking past it. Very strong filtered internet. And hes only home once a month so usually doesnt have any internet access.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 11:33 pm

giftedmom wrote:

He’s 17. Either way not much you can do about it.

why not? If I were to hear that its not good for his ruchniyus I would tell him to not call it . Maybe he would listen,maybe he wouldnt . But at least I can tell him. He is a very good bochur

amother

Chartreuse ↓

Yesterday at 11:41 pm

I have 3 teen boys that tell me everything. It's a fun activity. They tell me boys in yeshiva call it all the time from the yeshiva phone. They told me that kids tried asking inappropriate questions and it does not respond to that.
Do I like it? Not especially. But it's something a lot of boys do.

Fun fact, did you know you can call Zappos and ask them to Google anything for you and they do it? Yeah neither did I till my boys told me about it. There are lots of numbers boys call. Much more than we know.

chanatron1000

Yesterday at 11:44 pm

amother OP wrote:

why not? If I were to hear that its not good for his ruchniyus I would tell him to not call it . Maybe he would listen,maybe he wouldnt . But at least I can tell him. He is a very good bochur

If he doesn't give it inappropriate prompts, he's unlikely to get inappropriate responses. Do you trust him?

Cheiny

Today at 12:10 am

amother OP wrote:

Don’t be too sure he’s still very sheltered.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Today at 12:12 am

chanatron1000 wrote:

If he doesn't give it inappropriate prompts, he's unlikely to get inappropriate responses. Do you trust him?

He's BH a really good boy. But even really good boys can go astray when the opportunity arises.
al taamin batzmecha ad yom moscha. Don't believe in yourself until the day of your death. I wouldn't trust myself with unfiltered internet either. I think my ruchinyus level would go down if I had unfiltered internet.
So yes I trust him usually, but I think this sounds like a bad idea Sad

amother

↑ OP ↓

Today at 12:15 am

Cheiny wrote:

Don’t be too sure he’s still very sheltered.

wow thanks (sarcasm alert) . you dont always have to be a voice of doom and gloom
But that's exactly what Im worried about. He's in a great yeshiva, comes home once a month, has a close relationship with his rebbi, has great friends, spends all his time in the bais medrash even a ton of time over bain hazmanin. He has no time to not be sheltered! but thanks. Thats exactly why I am worrying . the yetzer hora is always looking to squeeze his way in. Is it going to be through calling chat gpt? thats what I want to know. I want toknow if this is a danger to his remaining sheltered and ehrlich. thanks

amother

↑ OP ↓

Today at 12:16 am

amother Chartreuse wrote:

thanks, this is very useful info

amother

Thistle

Today at 2:38 am

amother OP wrote:

thanks, this is very useful info

Honestly, before you make a big deal, I would call myself and ask inappropriate questions to see if it responds.

Because if you accuse him of something he is not doing and the tech he is using is incapable of, its really damaging towards your relationship.

amother

Mocha

Today at 3:11 am

Why not just ask him what he finds interesting about chatGTP before you worry about it overly much? It could be really innocent or just a fun little break for him or it could be a way to get question answered that he didn't feel comfortable asking a real person.

amother

Snowflake

Today at 4:13 am

[quote="amother Thistle"]Honestly, before you make a big deal, I would call myself and ask inappropriate questions to see if it responds.

Because if you accuse him of something he is not doing and the tech he is using is incapable of, it’s really damaging towards your relationship.[/quote

Yes was gonna say the same, call it and play around with different questions and you’ll see for yourself.