Is AI Engineering a Psychosis Epidemic?
Is AI increasing prevalance of psychosis? Facts from a clinical neuropsychologist. Different fact on each slide. First slide is an engaging and controversial hook. Make the images psychodelic and eerie and match the text on the slide
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Is AI Engineering a Psychosis Epidemic?
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AI-driven platforms are designed for maximum engagement. This can lead to severe information overload and sleep disruption, both established risk factors for psychotic-like experiences.
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Hyper-realistic AI content can blur reality. For vulnerable individuals, the inability to distinguish deepfakes from reality can erode their consensus reality, fueling paranoia and delusional thinking.
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AI companionship can deepen social isolation. As people substitute real human connection for AI, they increase their risk. Prolonged social isolation is a major environmental trigger for psychosis.
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Algorithmic echo chambers reinforce distorted beliefs. AI can trap users in feedback loops of paranoid content, mimicking and strengthening the thought patterns seen in delusional disorders.
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IMPORTANT: This is about risk, not causation. Currently, there is no evidence AI directly causes psychosis. Instead, it may create an environment that exacerbates pre-existing vulnerabilities in certain individuals.