IN SEARCH OF AI PSYCHOSIS

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Unlike past technologies, where dubious ideas required social transmission (like 1990s Russians believing Lenin was literally a mushroom after a TV hoax), AI allows completely isolated users to develop elaborate theories through private conversations that bounce increasingly extreme ideas back with growing confidence. A survey estimates 1 in 10,000 users develop AI-induced psychosis annually, though most cases involve pre-existing mental health conditions rather than healthy individuals becoming psychotic.