AI Psychosis vs. Anti-AI Psychosis: How Extremes Are Tearing Social Circles Apart
crustdrunk · reddit · 2026-08-09
The author observes two extreme psychological states in society regarding AI. On one hand, early users developed unhealthy obsessions or emotional attachments to ChatGPT; on the other, a manic subset of people now despises generative AI so intensely that it ruins friendships.
The author complains that these anti-AI individuals often aggressively attack casual AI usage (like generating D&D portraits) using arguments like data center water consumption. The author compares this hysterical backlash to past panics over vegetarianism or electric cars, arguing it has evolved beyond rational debate into an unhealthy psychosis that disrupts normal communication.
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