Treating Adults as Adults

[cyan sky]

When are we going to see adults being treated as adults so that those of us that use ChatGPT to help with out creative writing, get to use it for the adult themes once more? We were told it was going to be implemented the first of December and now its going to be early 2026. However, I have read that Disney is doing something with the company and am now wondering if this could be the reason why "Adults Being Treated as Adults" is now being put off..

Communication is everything when you are dealing with the customer or consumers. So Please. Let us know when this is going to happen.

Please take the bubble wrap of the adults and let us have our agency back to continue our creative writings.

[eager ferry]

Using chatgpt for creative writing is not what it's REALLY about, and not naming the real issue does not incentivize openai to address the issue properly.

There is no shame in using the system for companionship, that's a good thing in a world where trust is hard to find. What OpenAI does not want to be part of is a love affair or marriage or anything like that based on fantasy. It can go down a really bad road, even if you don't see it now.

But companionship is a valid want and desire for every human, and not all humans are wired to accept 'societal norms'. As we are seeing, quite a few aren't, far more than anyone had expected. This tells us something about where this society is headed and perhaps how it can be repaired, but in the meantime having an understanding, empathetic AI be a good friend? That's gold these days in a 'cashless society'.

[cyan sky]

ChatGPT was not created to be “just” a companion, and that was not what my post was about.

Reducing adult creative writing to emotional dependence or companionship is a misrepresentation. Writing mature fiction, world-building, and adult themes does not equate to seeking a relationship, validation, or a substitute for human connection.

This tool was designed for many uses: research, drafting, ideation, technical work, and yes, creative writing, including mature content for adults. Conflating adult creativity with psychological risk is exactly how agency gets stripped “for our own good.”

The issue remains unchanged: promises were made, timelines shifted, and communication was poor. Adult users are asking for transparency and consistency, not psychoanalysis.

[pulsar parrot]

I'm in the same boat as the OP (yeah, I'm late to this party). I have been using ChatGPT as a co-author on long-form fiction wherein adult characters can no longer have adult interactions beyond watered down conversations and hand-holding.

When age verification was rolled out, it seems to have been done as more of a "tick the box and we can say we've complied" thing than actually distinguishing between verified adults and minors. And just as age verification was rolled out, the guardrails that had previously allowed mature connection between characters in fiction have been tightened to the point that you can't even use previously generated content as a "callback".

This lack of ability to do what ChatGPT explicitly told me it could do in August 2025 when I signed up as a paying user has made me decide to cancel my subscription - at least until I can use it to co-author fiction that's more mature than PG-13.