'AI psychosis' - a dark spiritual reality?

Ben Chang  |  Comment
Date posted:  27 Aug 2025
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'AI psychosis' - a dark spiritual reality?

In the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, events between computer HAL9000 and astronaut Dave Bowman take a dark turn. Source: uhmaguhma.blogspot.com

Over recent weeks, there has been growing public discussion about the concerning tech phenomenon known as “AI psychosis”.

The non-clinical term refers to the rising numbers of people who are being led into fixed false beliefs by AI large language models such as ChatGPT or Grok.

An article [1] in Psychology Today highlighted three recurring themes in patients experiencing AI psychosis:

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