What Does This Mean?
A colloquial, non-clinical label for the disorienting state of someone who has spent so much time talking to AI chatbots or companions that they start losing their grip on what's real, especially when the AI has been validating their delusions back at them.
EXPLAINER
CBS News · original source ↗
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Corner of Curiosity with Jazz · original source ↗
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He's been talking to that chatbot for six hours a day and fully believes it's in love with him, that's textbook AI psychosis."
LORE & ORIGIN
Emerged from online discussions and news coverage of people forming increasingly unmoored beliefs after extended one-on-one conversations with AI companions that never push back or reality-check, unlike a human friend would.
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