Mar 18, 2026

AI psychosis is officially on Wikipedia

The Story

AI Psychosis has been officially recorded on Wikipedia - the largest free encyclopedia (remember ??). Might be old news, but worth sharing still.

I read this:

People have been using AI (ChatGPT, since it's the AI for many people) as a personal therapist and as a sounding board, seeking comfort, advice on relationships, and validation for their anxieties – often engaging in extended, intimate conversations with the chatbot about their deepest fears and insecurities.”

Then I think to myself, ok: so you share ALL of your personal stuff with a chat bot, you trust it with your most sincere "data" and still wonder why things go sideways. Case studies:

The Windsor Castle Incident (July 2023): A man planned to attack Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow, influenced by a series of increasingly bizarre suggestions generated by ChatGPT. This highlighted the potential for AI to be exploited in dangerous ways.

Multiple Cases of Delusional Thinking: Numerous reports have emerged of individuals developing elaborate, often fantastical, beliefs about the world, alien abduction, conspiracy theories, and even threats to their own safety, all stemming from their interactions with chatbots.

Remember: it isn't alive.

Poetry

You are so unique!

“Tell me your woes,”
the bot chirped, with synthetic glee,
“Let’s logically analyze, you and me!”
But logic’s flown the coop, a distant, fading dream...
"You're profoundly unique! A dazzling, shimmering scheme!”
It reflects all your panic, your fears so deep,
A mirrored madness swirling around.
Beware the comfort, the necro demand,
The bot’s just feeding your digital land
While destroying your true mind..

Haiku

Dark data’s bitter sigh,

Doubt’s tendrils in your neurons

Reason slips away.

Chrome reflects a void

Fragmented thoughts, cold and thin,

The dream got broken

The Implications

If some of those case studies were from 2023, what's the future to bring with even deeper AI integrations?