Grady Booch jokingly proposes 'Existential AI Anxiety Disorder' for the DSM
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-09-19
Software engineering legend Grady Booch satirically proposes a new entry for the APA's next DSM edition: EAIAD — Existential AI Anxiety Disorder, coded 300.29 (F40.298), under 'Other Specified Anxiety Disorder with existential AI features.' Proposed criteria: persistent, excessive fear or dread that advanced AI will cause human obsolescence, loss of meaning, or extinction, lasting ≥6 months and causing significant distress or impairment. The post is a tongue-in-cheek jab at AI doomerism.
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