Investor warns humanized AI could trigger mass "AI psychosis" within five years
birchlse · x · 2026-10-25
Reacting to Jack's launch of Dessa, a full-duplex speech model that "feels like talking with a person," investor Naithan Jones warns that humanizing AI with human names and qualities is dangerous: millions lack the cognitive sophistication to handle it, and millions could develop deep AI psychosis within five years. He argues AI should be presented in as sterile a UI as possible.
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