"I'm special because I have the secret knowledge" is how cults are formed, for millennia.

What we have here is a lot of socially isolated young men (mostly) whose egos are tied up in being Smarter Than You, who identify with the only ones they can talk to: each other, and LLMs.
Reposted from Melanie Mitchell
Another "holy sh*t" article about AI-induced psychosis.

"I’m not crazy,” she said. “I’m literally just living a normal life while also, you know, discovering interdimensional communication."

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

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