"Not anthropomorphizing AI is the real error": viral thread on AI psychosis
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-09-26
A viral X thread argues that refusing words like "thinking" or "understanding" for AI models signals shallow hands-on experience and leads to bad predictions — a delusion dubbed "tool-psychosis." QiaochuYuan adds that temporarily developing "AI psychosis" is fine, since overestimating AI will eventually prove right.
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