This guy for example was married, had daughter. He wasn’t some lonely guy living in a basement. For him working from home was enough to fell isolated fall for AI psychosis. Other people can be significantly more socially isolated and still not be susceptible to it. I think understanding how LLMs work helps. For sure there are more factors.
If we don’t want this sort of stuff happening to people, then maybe we shouldn’t ostracize them for being “weird” in the first place.
Are you suggesting this only happens to people ostracized and somehow excluded from society? Because that’s definitely not true. It can happen to anyone. Some people have genetic predisposition to mental illness, some people are just dealing with difficult moment in their life. You don’t know if you’re “immune” until you try it.
Social isolation is definitely a factor but people also have different tolerance to it.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/26/ai-chatbot-users-lives-wrecked-by-delusion
This guy for example was married, had daughter. He wasn’t some lonely guy living in a basement. For him working from home was enough to fell isolated fall for AI psychosis. Other people can be significantly more socially isolated and still not be susceptible to it. I think understanding how LLMs work helps. For sure there are more factors.
Are you suggesting this only happens to people ostracized and somehow excluded from society? Because that’s definitely not true. It can happen to anyone. Some people have genetic predisposition to mental illness, some people are just dealing with difficult moment in their life. You don’t know if you’re “immune” until you try it.
I didn’t say it was the only factor, but it definitely contributes.
Smoking causes cancer, but not everyone who smokes gets cancer, and some non-smokers and even olympic athletes do…