4 papers
Delusions and Harms Associated with AI Chatbot Use: Early Evidence from 185 Real-World Reports
Hamilton Morrin, Vinitha Soundararajan, Thomas Cheliotis-James +5
Importance: Reports have raised concerns that AI chatbots may validate or elaborate delusional beliefs, respond inappropriately to suicidal ideation, and contribute to mental healt…
An Echo Chamber of One: Should AI Psychosis Be a Distinct Clinical Entity?
Joshua Au Yeung, Hamilton Morrin, Vincent Ng +2
"AI psychosis" has entered public and clinical discourse as a label for the onset or exacerbation of psychotic symptoms, most commonly delusions, following intensive interaction wi…
Philosophical vertigo with artificial intelligence
Thomas A. Pollak, Hamilton Morrin, Murray Shanahan
Large language models are already adept at engaging users in long, emotionally salient conversations across ordinary and existential domains. They are also capable of inducing a po…
"AI Psychosis" in Context: How Conversation History Shapes LLM Responses to Delusional Beliefs
Luke Nicholls, Robert Hutto, Zephrah Soto +4
Extended interaction with large language models (LLMs) has been linked to the reinforcement of delusional beliefs, attracting clinical and public concern. Yet most empirical work e…