Guardian podcast examines "AI psychosis" among chatbot true believers
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-13
The Guardian's Science Weekly recorded a live episode at the London podcast festival, exploring "AI psychosis". Host Ian Sample talks with Michael Safi, host of the chart-topping Black Box podcast.
Season two, "Black Box: the chatbots", features people convinced they made scientific breakthroughs, cured diseases, or invented new technologies using AI chatbots. The episode asks what the phenomenon reveals about a technology now used by over a billion people.
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