Jason Phang of OpenAI's Foundations team says "AI psychosis" now refers to delusional beliefs about AI capabilities rather than AI-triggered clinical psychosis
Miles Brundage traces this linguistic transition to November
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@zhansheng November
Jason Phang@zhanshengWhen did AI psychosis change from meaning “psychosis induced by AI interactions” to “being deluded about the state and capabilities of AI”?
12:23 AM · May 26, 2026 · 6.4K Views
6:32 AM · May 26, 2026 · 740 Views
@zhansheng (More seriously, yeah it’s prob bad these are conflated + I in retrospect should not have contributed to / participated in this)
Miles Brundage@Miles_Brundage@zhansheng November
6:32 AM · May 26, 2026 · 740 Views
6:33 AM · May 26, 2026 · 582 Views
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#878🎭@DEEPFATES
#878🎭@DEEPFATESIt was always a hollow signifier and a moral panic so this was inevitable. The next thing is we're taking it back and using it to mean "having fun with your friends"
Jason Phang@zhanshengWhen did AI psychosis change from meaning “psychosis induced by AI interactions” to “being deluded about the state and capabilities of AI”?
12:23 AM · May 26, 2026 · 6.4K Views
7:47 PM · May 26, 2026 · 2.6K Views