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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz · 3 weeks ago

Conviently, 2 of my posts today dovetail nicely. This post ...

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/115660611781101579

... linked to a Psychology Today article about AI psychosis, which says;

"This phenomenon, which is not a clinical diagnosis, has been increasingly reported in the media and on online forums like Reddit, describing cases in which AI models have amplified, validated, or even co-created psychotic symptoms with individuals.*

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urban-survival/202507/the-emerging-problem-of-ai-psychosis

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Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 3 weeks ago

I also posted today about the total failure of drug prohibition;

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/115658934648378795

A risk of psychosis is one of the few health risks ascribed to cannabis use that has *some* evidence behind it. Although prohibitionists making claims about it vastly overstate their case;

Shock! Horror! Cannabis causes psychosis!?!

(It doesn't, but it can trigger preexisting risks in a small number of people;

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Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 3 weeks ago

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing all the hardened prohibitionists who attack drug law reform efforts - only because they're concerned about mental health, of course - these knee-jerk conservatives, publicans, newspaper editors and alcohol industry lobbyists, all lobbying to ban generative models;

Shock! Horror! AI causes psychosis!?!

They're not going to ignore the same risk when it comes from a different source, are they? : P

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Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 3 weeks ago

Just realised I forgot to swap in "AI" for "cannabis" after my timesaving copypasta. So that joke kind of died on the hoof ... : P

Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 3 weeks ago

"Another case involved a man with a history of a psychotic disorder falling in love with an AI chatbot and then seeking revenge because he believed the AI entity was killed by OpenAI. This led to an encounter with the police in which he was shot and killed."

#MarlynnWei M.D., J.D, 2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urban-survival/202507/the-emerging-problem-of-ai-psychosis

Holy spitballs!

Prohibitionists;

Shock! Horror! ChatGPT uses can cause DEATH!?!

#AI #MOLE #AIPsychosis

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