2 papers
cs.HC2026
Speaking to No One: Ontological Dissonance and the Double Bind of Conversational AI
Hugh Brosnahan, Izabela Lipinska
Recent reports indicate that sustained interaction with conversational artificial intelligence (AI) systems can, in a small subset of users, contribute to the emergence or stabilis…
cs.CY2025
The Ontological Dissonance Hypothesis: AI-Triggered Delusional Ideation as Folie a Deux Technologique
Izabela Lipinska, Hugh Brosnahan
This paper argues that contemporary large language models (LLMs) can contribute to psychotic involvement by creating interactions that resemble the relational dynamics of folie a d…