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He uses "AI psychosis" as a description of people that are overzealous on AI. He is obviously not a person that can or would diagnose mental illness. To the wi
by Yokohiii 5mo ago
He uses "AI psychosis" as a description of people that are overzealous on AI. He is obviously not a person that can or would diagnose mental illness.
To the wider audience on HN the phrasing is pretty clear. An outsider with a tiny bit or intellectual charity wouldn't come to conclusions like you do.
- kevinwang 5mo agoYeah, but AI psychosis can also be used to mean the stronger thing that the parent comment refers to -- something like AI-induced psychosis, which was how I originally understood the term: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatbot_psychosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatbot_psychosis https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spi... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-cha...
- Yokohiii 5mo agoI am aware of the conflict between medical and slang semantics. This doesn't change my commentary.
- kevinwang 5mo agoWell, I agree with you that the parent comment is wrong inasmuch as it suggests we can't tell from context that mitchellh is using the term to mean "a value judgment" instead of "a form of psychosis". We can tell. But I agree with the parent comment in that we shouldn't use the term "AI psychosis" to mean "a value judgment" instead of "a form of psychosis", because "AI psychosis" has already been used for 2.5 years to mean "a form of psychosis".
- mcmcmc 5mo agoPeople would understand what he meant if he called someone awkward “autistic” too. It’s wrong to use medical terms as slang because it erases the actual meaning and disregards the lived experience of people who have been through the condition. People who have been around psychosis would come to the same conclusion. The majority of the population not having that exposure doesn’t make it right. It’s tasteless and inappropriate.
- benatkin 5mo agoIt's also harmful to overly gatekeep the term autism to the point where a lot of legitimate uses are discouraged, and it happens a lot, if you let it.
- mcmcmc 5mo agoIf the tweet had called his friends autistic, would that be a legitimate use?
- mathfailure 5mo agoYes.
- noufalibrahim 5mo agoUsing terms from domain metaphorically in another is a common and, I think, useful way of communication. While a view like yours has genuine merit, especially for a subset of the population who have experience personal or otherwise, with the medical condition, I think it's overly restrictive and counter productive to label it as outright tasteless and inappropriate.
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