JJ Redick, the first podcaster-turned-NBA-head-coach, says he has a “general curiosity about stuff.” While we’re left to imagine what kind of “stuff” Redick is referring to, the L.A. Lakers’ head coach says he’s found a companion lover of “stuff” in his new pal ChatGPT.

Redick, who is gearing up for his second season as head coach of the Lakers, got candid about his offseason, revealing he’s “the type of person who spends an hour-and-a-half going down a deep, deep rabbit hole on ChatGPT.” 

JJ Redick says he spends an hour and a half talking to ChatGPT:

“Number one, I do have a general curiosity about stuff. I’m the type of person who spends an hour-and-a-half going down a deep, deep rabbit hole on ChatGPT. It used to be Wikipedia but now it’s my friend, Chat.”… pic.twitter.com/z1NWeoiFWn

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For Lakers fans keen to see a skinny Luka Dončić and anxious to watch an aging LeBron, you can rest assured that Redick has found a potential new assistant coach in the brain-polluting hallucination machine, whom he considers “my friend, Chat.”