hidden as started with a dig ignoring the recent modnote
The main thing is that you started taking things personally and getting offended and even hateful. At that point, your posts became unconvincing.
I have had things I say to people shaped by AI, but not in general. I use it when there is conflict and I had to take a step back, and want to try to think through how to resolve things. When things are touchy, the exact wording can matter, and I take advantage of its “sycophancy” to help me word things in ways that are less hurtful, asking it how I might be misunderstood, and stuff like that.
So do I think doing that indicates any sort of psychosis? Of course not. I do notice that it can become easy to get caught up in, but so can anything. That’s not what AI psychosis is.
It specifically refers to mental illness that is triggered or exasperated by usage of these LLMs. Sure, everyone it happens with will have some sort of preconditions. It’s not inherent in the system.
Looking it up, it does seem that Anthropic did start trying to build things into Claude to detect issues. Initially, at least, it was quite crude and pissed people off. Hopefully they will get better.
I agree with you that the solution is gonna be safeguards and education. I do think maybe some degree of regulation may be relevant in that, but banning is not the answer.
The emotions AI stirs up bother me in both directions. Both the people who treat it like the devil, but also those who seem to get attached to it in ways that seem somewhat parasocial. People who make it part of their identity.
Neither of these is psychosis. It’s just the same thing that happens with video games, movies, and such. Maybe AI is more addictive in some ways, but then there are people who get addicted to video games.
Psychosis is something more. Something closer to what the OP described in their friend. Where they seem to be isolating and becoming intolerant of AI being wrong. Where they are starting to believe the AI over reality.
And even that seems more “danger signs” than fully psychosis yet.
disclosure: i have never made a post on this board that was shaped by AI. I have looked up something on Google and used the AI response, but only on things I already know about and just needed a refresher–like not remembering a word, or something. If I don’t know things, I look at the sources.