I wonder to what extent people that get depressed see the world for what it really is. Perhaps living a carefully constructed lie about one self is beneficial o

I wonder to what extent people that get depressed see the world for what it really is. Perhaps living a carefully constructed lie about one self is beneficial on many levels. On the other hand, I can envision a scenario where AI scares the masses into inject themselves with poison. Which has become all too a real of a concern, outside the mainstream sources on twitter or 4chan. If AI will become the "Master Persuader" Scott Adams babbles about. An "all knowing" AI can be a spawn of a new religion. In Jonestown, a fringe 70s cult, had its devotes drink poison Kool aid. 900 people died. No reason that an AI religion can't beat those numbers. Human's respond to Authority figures. They just want someone else to figure it out, and tell them what to do. Think how many ideologies humanity fell for, puffed up by pseudo intellectuals and fantastical promises of Utopias on Earth. Not even tested theories, or things easily countered with world experience of human behaviour. Yet people went along. All they needed is just a little stick and carrot and an authority figure in uniform to tell them what to do.