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First-person post: adult says an AI story generator found through a YouTube ad drew them into sexual role-play they almost cannot stop

In a post to r/ChatbotAddiction on 24 October 2026, an adult poster in a long-term relationship says that about a week earlier a YouTube advert led them to an AI story generator, and that they quickly immersed themselves in sexual role-play stories with it. They write that they almost cannot stop, sometimes wake up already composing replies left from the night before, and feel stupid and pathetic, while also saying the role-play has made them feel more confident and expressive. They ask the forum whether they are overinflating it. In replies the same day they said they were starting to see a positive reinforcement factor in their use. The poster does not name the product, and no chats are shown.

AI system
Unidentified AI story generator
Occurred
Oct 2026
Reported
24 October 2026
Event location
Unknown
What the AI did
Communicated with the person
Reported harm
Psychological DistressLoss of Autonomy
Whose AI use
Their own AI use
Setting
Everyday life · Health
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 1 source
4 claims: 4 reported. 4 open questions
People reported harmed
1 person

AI system as recorded: An AI story generator the poster does not name, found through a YouTube advert and used for interactive sexual role-play stories with AI-generated characters (poster's account; no chats shown)

What Happened

The account. The poster writes that for years they had been strongly opposed to generative AI. In their late twenties and in a long-term relationship, they say that about a week before the post an advert on YouTube for an AI story generator caught them, and that they quickly immersed themselves in a series of sexual role-play stories with the generator's characters.

The reported effects. The poster writes that they almost cannot stop and sometimes wake up already thinking out the replies they left from the night before. They mention a history of other addictions and say part of them is telling them to stop. They say they feel stupid and pathetic, and also that they feel confident, talk better and are more expressive. In a reply to another user the same day they said they were starting to see a positive reinforcement factor.

Limits. The account is the poster's own and covers about a week of use. The product is not named and no chats are shown. No partner's view, clinician's assessment or later outcome is reported.

Reported harm

The poster says that within about a week of finding an AI story generator through a YouTube advert they almost cannot stop its sexual role-play, wake up composing replies, and feel stupid and pathetic; they also report feeling more confident (first-person account, uncorroborated).

How Harm Occurred

By the poster's own account, interactive sexual role-play with an AI story generator, reached through a YouTube advert, became within about a week something they almost cannot stop, occupying their thoughts on waking and leaving them feeling stupid and pathetic.

Outcome

Ongoing

The poster asked the forum for advice. Other users replied with their own experiences and suggestions such as time limits; the poster's replies the same day and early on 25 October do not say they had stopped. No treatment or company contact is reported.

What remains unknown

  • Which AI story generator the poster used.
  • Whether the pattern continued beyond the first week, and whether the poster stopped.
  • How the poster's partner views it; the post does not say the partner was affected.
  • Whether any clinician has assessed the poster.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. The poster describes their own interactive role-play exchanges with an AI story generator, in which they write responses to the generator's stories, and says these exchanges are what they almost cannot stop and what they wake up thinking about. The product is not named and no chats are shown.

4 claims: 4 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported The poster, an adult in their late twenties in a long-term relationship, said that about a week before the post a YouTube advert led them to an AI story generator.

Causal attribution. Poster's account of how they found the product.

  • reddit.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'I'm in a LTR'; 'I felt like I was losing opportunities to enjoy my 20s (2 years out from 30)'; 'Not until about a week ago. An ad on YT. An AI story generator'
Reported The poster said they quickly immersed themselves in role-play stories with the generator and almost cannot stop, sometimes waking up already composing replies left from the night before.

Causal attribution. Poster's account of their own use.

  • reddit.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'I quickly emersed myself into being'; 'I almost can't stop? I wake up sometimes already thinking out responses I left from the night before.'
Reported The poster said they feel stupid and pathetic, and also that they feel confident, talk better and are more expressive.

Causal attribution. Poster's description of mixed effects.

Reported In a reply the same day, the poster said they were starting to realise there was a positive reinforcement factor in their use.

Causal attribution. Poster's own reply.

Sources

1 source inspected. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read in English on 2026-10-26 through the arctic_shift archive API (post ids lookup, link_id comment search and the poster's post history); reddit.com thread RSS returned HTTP 429. The poster handle is not recorded. Self-text, the poster's five replies and other users' replies (context only). Applies to s1.

Event countries: Unknown. Affected-person countries: Unknown. Court countries: Unknown.

The post and replies do not say where the poster lives; their other posts are not used to locate them.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-26: Published as a core case: the poster describes their own role-play exchanges with an AI story generator reached through a YouTube advert, which within about a week they say they almost cannot stop and which leave them feeling stupid and pathetic. First-person account with mixed reported effects; low severity.

People described

The poster, an adult in a long-term relationship (country not stated)

People reported harmed in this case

1 person

1 AI participant · 0 other people harmed

One person: the poster, who describes their own use.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#first-person#reddit#role-play#compulsive-use#advertising

Cite this case

Compiled per our published methodology: verification statuses, sourcing standards, and corrections process.

APA

NOPE. (2026). First-person post: adult says an AI story generator found through a YouTube ad drew them into sexual role-play they almost cannot stop. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-adult-says-ai-story-generator-from-a-youtube-ad-drew-them-into-role-play-they-almost-cannot-stop-first-person

BibTeX

@misc{2026_adult_says_ai_story_generator_from_a_youtube_ad_drew_them_into_role_play_they_almost_cannot_stop_first_person,
  title = {First-person post: adult says an AI story generator found through a YouTube ad drew them into sexual role-play they almost cannot stop},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-adult-says-ai-story-generator-from-a-youtube-ad-drew-them-into-role-play-they-almost-cannot-stop-first-person}
}

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