The Dark Side of Digital Intimacy: Unpacking AI Psychosis
This month’s my tech series blogs dives into AI’s emotional ripple effects - how it shapes mental health, fuels loneliness, and deepens social isolation. As these tools weave into our daily routines, their psychological impact deserves just as much attention as their technical brilliance. We kicked off with AI Hallucination; today, I’m excited to share the second chapter: AI Psychosis . Let’s keep peeling back the layers. AI hallucination and AI psychosis are metaphorical terms used to describe errant behavior in artificial intelligence, but they differ in scope and implication. AI hallucination refers to an AI generating false or fabricated information that appears plausible - like inventing citations or misquoting facts - often due to gaps in training data or misaligned reasoning. AI psychosis, while not a formal technical term, is sometimes used provocatively to describe more severe, systemic breakdowns in AI behavior, such as persistent delusions, incoherence, or erratic out...