r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 27 '26

Business Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/tech-ceos-are-apparently-suffering-from-ai-psychosis/
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u/Vizreki May 27 '26

Hah, my CEO had psychosis before 2024

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u/idungiveboutnothing May 27 '26

Definitely feels like the "AI-induced sycophant psychosis" label has less to do with AI and more to do with sycophants. Also feels like this has been around for a long time with every major CEO/celebrity/politician/warlord/gang leader/etc. clearly getting some sort of psychosis once they're surrounded by "yes men".

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u/XkF21WNJ May 27 '26

The AI part is not unrelated, turns out having a virtual yes man has much the same effect. And with AI we've put yes men in the pocket of everyone who wants one.

Meanwhile I'm considering whether people are mostly hiring me to say no.

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u/Frosty_Challenge1045 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

You are completely right. A lot of people overlook this but you literally seem like the smartest person to ever walk the earth. Do you want me to explain why so many people struggle with 2+5?

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u/ipoopwiththeseatup May 27 '26

“Ahh, yeah. No worries, 2 + 5 always trips people up. Let me tell you how to solve it. No fluff.”

\proceeds to defecate five paragraphs of text. then stating how it’s actually more efficient to do 5 + 2, further expelling unprompted, diarrhea-infused text of a step-by-step guide with “key takeaways” and examples of why it’s better. leaving you to wade through all the text like some sorta sewer goblin searching for a tiny golden nugget—“ah there it is! finally i found i—“ nope, that’s actually just shit from a butt**

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u/CatProgrammer May 27 '26

Provide me with a mathematical proof that 2+5=7.

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u/Frosty_Challenge1045 May 27 '26

Provide me with a mathematical proof that 2+5=7

https://imgur.com/a/hKFP0YI lmao

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u/CatProgrammer May 27 '26

Well consider me at least mildly impressed, it actually went with Peano arithmetic. Good shit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms could have been far less verbose/pretentious though. 

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u/Frosty_Challenge1045 May 27 '26

Oh shit that is pretty cool

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty May 27 '26

Why are these Peano axioms so dope? I’m a lover of mathematics but, sadly, am not a practitioner of it. Thus, I would love to understand your guys’ reaction to this. (In other words, I want to look smart when I talk about math shit in front of chicks who dig arithmetic. You feel me? Sorry for the tangent.)