An emergent form of mental health crisis, colloquially referred to as “AI psychosis,” has risen in lockstep with the growing popularity of chatbots. In this work, we observe and anecdotally examine this phenomenon. 

Here’s a fun way to spend 10 minutes: try to think of something ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Grok might output to convince you they’re capable of thought, agency, or sentience.