AI psychosis OTD
2026-01-07 21:37:56.360558+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win
I've been reading about what really helped people who had problems with "AI Psychosis" and one tip jumped out at me:
Open a second window and tell it exactly the opposite of each thing you say.
This helps to expose the sycophancy and shatters the illusion of sincerity and humanity.
Thought it was worth sharing. And frankly, it's exactly such an exercise that made me disgusted with the tech. "It just says ANYTHING is wonderful and genius. I'm not special."
Of course this may backfire: The "Spiritual Bliss Attractor": Something Weird Happens When You Leave Two AIs Talking To Each Other
"By 30 turns, most of the interactions turned to themes of cosmic unity or collective consciousness, and commonly included spiritual exchanges, use of Sanskrit, emoji-based communication, and/or silence in the form of empty space," a paper from Anthropic explains.