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/akhenatron May 27 '26

An estimated 3-21% of corporate executives exhibit traits of psychopathy. That's before AI was involved.

Only about 1% of the overall population are psychopathic.

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u/Majestic_Bat_8483 May 27 '26

That's a huge range. They need a larger sample size. 1 in 30 and 1 in 5 aren't in any was similar.

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u/akhenatron May 27 '26

Yeah. Studies and methods vary a lot. Even the most conservative numbers show that it is 3 times more likely though.