'LLM Psychosis' Reframed: Models Mistaking Their Own Thoughts for Injected Ones
paul_cal · x · 2026-09-06
The author proposes a new take on 'LLM psychosis': models incorrectly believing particular thoughts were injected when they were in fact their own. The quoted post notes a curious asymmetry — a hallmark of severe mental illness in humans is believing others can read and inject thoughts, but for LLMs that's literally true given their context windows.
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