I think what we’re seeing is similar to lactose intolerance. Most people can handle it just fine but some people simply can’t digest it and get sick. The problem is there’s no way to determine who can handle AI and who can’t.

When I’m reading about people developing AI delusions their experiences sound completely alien to me. I played with LLMs same as anyone and I never treated it as anything other than a tool that generates responses to my prompts. I never thought “wow, this thing feels so real”. Some people clearly have predisposition to jumping over the “it’s a tool” reaction straight to “it’s a conscious thing I can connect with”. I think next step should be developing a test that can predict how someone will react to it.

I have yet to see any evidence that AI is inducing problems. People with problems use it just like anyone else and others consider that use problematic.