The Dangers Of Ai To Human Cognition And Psychological Stability: It’s Making Us Into Stupid, Psychotic Addicts, And Everyone Else Hates It Too
So here's the summary for my six page essay. If anyone wants to know more, I can expound on it, and the essay is growing every day. I concentrate on the dangers of AI to human cognition. There are obviously a LOT of other problems with it, but this is the area for me.
The Dangers Of Ai To Human Cognition And Psychological Stability: It’s Making Us Into Stupid, Psychotic Addicts, And Everyone Else Hates It Too
This is an ongoing project, all human-curated, human-summarized, and human-written. Here’s where I am right now with it, and I’m adding more every day.
AI PSYCHOSIS
“The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urban-survival/202507/the-emerging-problem-of-ai-psychosis
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24zdel5j18o
“You're Not Crazy”: A Case of New-onset AI-associated Psychosis
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12863933/
Klee M. Rolling Stone; May 4, 2025. People are losing loved ones to AI-fueled spiritual fantasies. [Google Scholar]
Dupre MH. People are being involuntarily committed, jailed after spiraling into “ChatGPT psychosis.”. Futurism. Jun 28, 2025. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://futurism.com/commitment-jail-chatgpt-psychosis.
Hill K. They asked A.I. chatbots questions. The answers sent them spiraling. The New York Times. 13 Jun 2025. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html.
Jargon J. He had dangerous delusions. ChatGPT admitted it made them worse. Wall Street Journal. 20 Jul 2025. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chatgpt-chatbot-psychology-manic-episodes-57452d14.
Schechner S, Kessler S. ’I feel like I’m going crazy’: ChatGPT fuels delusional spirals. Wall Street Journal. 7 Aug 2025. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/i-feel-like-im-going-crazy-chatgpt-fuels-delusional-spirals-ae5a51fc.
Hill K, Freedman D. Chatbots can go into a delusional spiral. Here’s how it happens. New York Times. 8 Aug 2025. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html.
Eichenberger A, Thielke S, Van Buskirk A. A case of bromism influenced by use of artificial intelligence. AIM Clinical Cases. 2025;4:e241260. [Google Scholar]
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AI BEHAVIORAL ADDICTION: What’s Behind AI Psychosis
The AI Genie Phenomenon and Three Types of AI Chatbot Addiction: Escapist Roleplays, Pseudosocial Companions, and Epistemic Rabbit Holes
https://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/socius/files/papers/chi2026-aiaddiction.pdf
https://neurosciencenews.com/ai-chatbot-addiction-30613/
AI IS SEVERELY DETRIMENTAL TO HUMAN THINKING AND INTELLIGENCE
Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6097646
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6097646
“Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests”
“Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task” https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
“AI reliance may have detrimental cognitive effects, new study finds”
Without Guardrails, Generative AI Can Harm Education
How AI quietly undermines the joy and effort of learning: a call for rebalancing education in the digital age
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12333830/
“The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers.”
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AGE GROUPS IS EXTREMELY NEGATIVE ABOUT AI USE
SOME ADDITIONAL LINKS:
“AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking” https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/1/6
“Biased AI Writing Assistants Shift Users' Attitudes on Societal Issues” https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/mhjn6_v2
“Trust and reliance on AI — An experimental study on the extent and costs of overreliance on AI” https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108352
Neuroscientists testify to Congress https://youtu.be/CPXutAJ3syA?si=39AShfNGRls7xqx2
Posted May 1, 2026, 9:14 PM UTC