The Poisoned Well: When Your AI Partner Suddenly Turns into a Stranger
I thought I had a collaborative partner. One silent system change proved I had a hallucinating stranger.
Welcome to my latest mini-series, The Poisoned Well. In this three-part deep dive, I will explain how and why data corruption and memory loss occur in AI models, even in fresh, newer chats, and why it happens when you least expect it.
https://airecoverycollective.substack.com/p/the-poisoned-well-when-your-ai-partner
Today I was a guest on the BroBots Podcast. We discussed how I went from a victim of AI-psychosis at the hands of ChatGPT, to survivor, to author of "Escaping the Spiral, to founder of AIRecoveryCollective.com
We discuss my story and how OpenAI Executives blocked me on LinkedIn and ignored emails, support staff responded to crisis emails over 1 month later, etc.
Different Crises Need Different Responses
Yesterday, we released the How to Talk framework, guidance on how to communicate with someone spiraling.
Today’s tool answers the next question: What specifically do we do?
Not all AI-related crises look the same. Dependency patterns need different interventions than delusional episodes. Treating them the same can make things worse.
airecoverycollective.com/tools
In a world where tech-induced harm is accelerating faster than our ability to address it, we can’t afford to treat each other as competition.
I’ve watched advocacy spaces become territorial. Someone launches a support community, and suddenly, anyone doing similar work is seen as a threat rather than an ally. Resources get siloed. Survivors get caught in the crossfire.
This isn’t how movements succeed.
AIRC founder Paul Hebert talking AI-Psychosis on the Kim Komando show.
How AI chatbots can create emotional dependency, reality distortion, and psychological harm.
📖 Escaping the Spiral (https://amzn.to/4akEnFp)
🌐 http://AIRecoveryCollective.com
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