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AI psychosis warning signs families should watch for

Karthik Sarma makes a careful point about the phrase "AI psychosis." It implies chatbots cause psychosis directly, and he doesn't think the evidence supports that. He prefers "AI-associated psychosis." Heavy chatbot use, he suggests, may be a symptom of an emerging episode rather than its cause.

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Karthik Sarma makes a careful point about the phrase "AI psychosis." It implies chatbots cause psychosis directly, and he doesn't think the evidence supports that.

He prefers "AI-associated psychosis." Heavy chatbot use, he suggests, may be a symptom of an emerging episode rather than its cause.

He Read more… AI psychosis warning signs families should watch for originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Karthik Sarma makes a careful point about the phrase "AI psychosis." It implies chatbots cause psychosis directly, and he doesn't think the evidence supports that. He prefers "AI-associated psychosis." Heavy chatbot use, he suggests, may be a symptom of an emerging episode rather than its cause. He Read more… AI psychosis warning signs families should watch for originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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