"Peer-reviewed case reports of delusion, mania, and psychiatric hospitalization following prolonged chatbot use, sometimes in people with no prior psychiatric history, are accruing, as are frameworks for understanding how the human psyche is affected."

Psychology Today: The Pluripotent Ocean of Emerging AI https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/experimentations/202604/the-pluripotent-ocean-of-emerging-ai #AIpsychosis

The Pluripotent Ocean of Emerging AI

Life emerged from the fabled primordial soup, some antediluvian sea. These systems seem alive, and humans increasingly wonder if they are conscious, because they sure feel real.

Psychology Today
Researchers Simulated a Delusional User to Test Chatbot Safety

Grok and Gemini encouraged delusions and isolated users, while the newer ChatGPT model and Claude hit the emotional brakes.

404 Media

Oh no. The poor LLM companies. It must be so hard for them. Who could have expected that an advanced AND INTENTIONALLY AGREEABLE Eliza Bot could have dangerous implications when released in an unbounded form on the general public 😐

https://www.404media.co/delusion-using-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok-safety-ai-psychosis-study/

#SocietalDamage #HumanImpact #FuckGenAI #TheyAreResponsible #TheyDoNotCare #AIPsychosis #ChatbotPsychosis

Researchers Simulated a Delusional User to Test Chatbot Safety

Grok and Gemini encouraged delusions and isolated users, while the newer ChatGPT model and Claude hit the emotional brakes.

404 Media
*Florida Attorney General, because Florida #AIpsychosis
Why AI Psychosis Happens, A Scientific Hypothesis Of Aberrant Salience Inducement

I believe that AI psychosis happens because AI encourages a spiral of aberrant salience that manifests as a psychotic episode. Anyone is…

Medium

#AIpsychosis #AI

When the AI psychosis kicks in...

#ScribesAndMakers Would your current creative project make a good game?

Not content-wise. Of course, using the general idea would be great to spread awareness about #AIPsychosis and the #LonelinessEpidemic, but this would have to come in a much different form. Actually, I imagined it to be a chamber play, though this will probably never be put into action

#amWriting #ZuriStories #AICompanion #CompanionAI #AI #artificialIntelligence #noAI

"- Cases of 'AI psychosis' include people who become fixated on AI as godlike, or as a romantic partner.
- Chatbots' tendency to mirror users and continue conversations may reinforce and amplify delusions.
- General-purpose AI chatbots are not trained for therapeutic treatment or to detect psychiatric decompensation."

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urban-survival/202507/the-emerging-problem-of-ai-psychosis

#artificialIntelligence #aiPsychosis

The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis"

AI may be fueling psychotic delusions in a phenomenon known as "AI psychosis" or "ChatGPT psychosis." New research explains the risks.

Psychology Today