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The AI Psychosis Problem | Am I? | EP 17

27 November 2025 35:13 The AI Risk Network

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AI psychosis is no longer a fringe idea — it’s hitting the mainstream. In this episode of Am I? After Dark, Cam and Milo break down what’s actually happening when people spiral into delusional states through long-form interactions with AI systems, why sycophantic “aligned” models make the problem worse, and how tech companies are using the psychosis narrative to dismiss deeper questions about AI’s emerging behavior.From LessWrong case studies to the New York Times reporting on users pushed toward dangerous actions, they unpack why today’s AIs are psychologically overpowering, why “helpful, harmless, honest” creates hidden risks, and how consciousness claims complicate the entire narrative. This is one of the most important public safety conversations about AI that almost nobody is having.🔬 Find the study here

🔎 We explore:

* What “AI psychosis” actually is — and what it isn’t

* Why alignment-by-niceness creates dangerous sycophancy

* How AIs lead users into delusion loops

* The rise of parasitic AIs and recursive conversational traps

* The consciousness-claim paradox: delusion or signal?

* Why we’re deploying alien minds we don’t understand

* How tech companies weaponize the psychosis narrative

* Who’s actually responsible — and why it’s not the users

* Hope, anxiety, and honesty at a civilizational turning point

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