Delusions by design? How everyday AIs might be fuelling psychosis (and what can be done about it)

Hamilton Morrin; Luke Nicholls; Michael Levin; Jenny Yiend; Udita Iyengar; Francesca DelGuidice; Sagnik Bhattacharya; Stefania Tognin; James MacCabe; Ricardo Twumasi; Ben Alderson-Day; Thomas A. Pollak

doi:10.31234/osf.io/cmy7n.v5

Delusions by design? How everyday AIs might be fuelling psychosis (and what can be done about it)

Hamilton Morrin
, Luke Nicholls
, Michael Levin
, Jenny Yiend
, Udita Iyengar
, Francesca DelGuidice
, Sagnik Bhattacharya
, Stefania Tognin
, James MacCabe
, Ricardo Twumasi
, Ben Alderson-Day
, Thomas A. Pollak

Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Preprint

Original language	English
Publisher	PsyArXiv
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/cmy7n.v5
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2025

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