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Forward Future founder Matthew Berman jokes about experiencing a 'relapse of AI psychosis' that has him building obsessively

Teknium joked that the Hermes model triggered it

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Matthew Berman@MatthewBerman#1802inAI

i've been stricken by a relapse of ai psychosis again

can't stop building.

2:40 PM · Jun 6, 2026 · 8.8K Views
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Positive users relate to the AI enthusiast's reported psychosis relapse amid building by sharing their own renewed productivity with tools like Claude, while negative users dismiss it as unproductive or insulting.

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Teknium 🪽@Teknium

@MatthewBerman Is it because you tried Hermes ^_^

Matthew Berman@MatthewBerman

i've been stricken by a relapse of ai psychosis again

can't stop building.

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the user@RoosterIllusion

@MatthewBerman And breathe. Never forget breathing.

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the user@RoosterIllusion

@MatthewBerman Do not stop.

But remember.

Take breaking Food Wash Smell Be well Code well Think well Honeywell

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Kudos@ftheleft87

@MatthewBerman I wish I could keep building, but these credit limits be whack!

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Dual Acies@DualAcies

@MatthewBerman My gf saw me eating a cold chicken breast like an animal half mindedly while researching something and was in total shock.

I just said that this is what men are like without women in their lives.

Remember basic self care Matthew lmao.

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haro@harobuilds

@MatthewBerman the good kind. when the thing you're building actually works you don't want to stop

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Utkarsh Singh@Utkarsh51557661

@MatthewBerman been there. some of my best ideas came from those late-night, ai-fueled coding frenzies.

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Wise·Est Systems™@WiseEstSystems

@MatthewBerman i’ve been stricken by the relapse of AI too

which is why i build https://github.com/Wise-Est-Systems/winstack-network

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DreW@devteamdrew

@MatthewBerman ai psychosis is when you talk to ai all day and become a moron - hope you’re not doing that

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lalo 🐧@lalopenguin

@MatthewBerman welcome back

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Max Calkin@MaxCalkin

@MatthewBerman Same! Some kind of resurgence. I think it’s Claude’s dynamic workflows. A major “feel the AGI” feature.

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@MatthewBerman We've all gotten stuck down in the prime of life. We're no longer coders. We're managers giving orders to AI like the manager guy in Office Space, ending all prompts with "mmmkay".

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Werner Kasselman@wernerk_au

@MatthewBerman it's the giddy phase Matt. it goes in cycles. and what you've learned since the last one makes the next one more enjoyable.

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BwcDeals@BwcDeals

@MatthewBerman Likewise. Maybe we need an AI Anonymous meet up weekly..😆

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EnPassantGuy@enpassantguy

@MatthewBerman What model you building with right now?

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Jordan@jordanapitts

@MatthewBerman im the opposite - i cant bring myself to do any fun prjects at the min - just wrk

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Hunter Gon@gonlenidefi

@MatthewBerman the loop is cozy until you realize you havent eaten in 8 hours

worth it tho probably

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bradshannon@bradshannon

@MatthewBerman Whatcha building?

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OldGenAI@OldGenAi

@MatthewBerman I only started building in april, my brain hasn't shut down since. Something has activated that has been missing for 20yrs. Now i cant stop :)

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Drawk Kwast@drawkkwast

@MatthewBerman Please provide a URL for something you have built that is 100% done. If you can't do that, you're wasting your time with digital masturbation.

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