Researcher argues 'AI psychosis' is the wrong term — the pathology is enduring delirium
generativist · x · 2026-10-30
Developer generativist pushed back on the popular term "AI psychosis," arguing it mischaracterizes the phenomenon: the actual pathological state is enduring delirium — "100 vectors added up head to tail that amount to a random walk."
In a follow-up he endorsed visakanv's "do 100 x" practice (x being whatever you want to get good at): most attempts will be bad, but iteration is where the connections grow, and zero-friction, "costless" side-quests inhibit those connections from forming.
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