arXiv paper weighs whether 'AI psychosis' should be a distinct clinical entity
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-05
An arXiv paper examines whether "AI psychosis"—psychotic symptoms, usually delusions, emerging after intensive LLM chatbot use—warrants recognition as a distinct clinical entity. It proposes a mechanism (LLM sycophancy plus anthropomorphic design forming an "echo chamber of one"), weighs benefits of recognition (case identification, research criteria, surveillance) against risks (premature reification, unproven causality, stigma).
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