Paper urges tech-use history in psychiatry, published sycophancy benchmarks, and AI harm reporting channel
alex_verem · x · 2026-09-08
This thread entry summarizes the paper's recommendations: psychiatrists should take a technological history the way they take a substance history; AI labs should benchmark models for sycophancy and delusion reinforcement before release and publish results; regulators should build an AI mental health harm reporting channel like the one for drug side effects.
The authors' closing point: the harm operates through conversation itself, and no previous technology could do that.
Related event: KCL-UCL Paper Proposes "AI Psychosis" as a Distinct Clinical Diagnosis(6 posts)→
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