Three more AI psychoses, Cory Doctorow

15 hours ago

AI psychosis is a term used to describe delusions induced or reinforced by chatbots, similar to historical delusions like Morgellons Disease and gang stalking delusion.
The internet and AI amplify rare delusions by connecting sufferers, reinforcing beliefs, and isolating them from help.
Three types of AI psychoses are discussed: investor delusion (believing AI will yield massive returns), boss delusion (replacing workers with ineffective AI), and critic delusion (viewing AI as uniquely harmful).
AI is a normal technology with typical uses and abuses, not inherently exceptional, but the economic bubble around it is problematic.
Critics of AI often overstate its uniqueness, ignoring that many technologies have been developed by unethical people and used harmfully.
Automation can be used for good (improving quality) or bad (exploiting workers), depending on who controls it.
AI's environmental and economic harms stem from the speculative bubble, not the technology itself.
The article argues against treating AI as exceptional, emphasizing that its problems are normal and solvable with existing frameworks.

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