cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/42119737
AI psychosis is starting to look like normal psychosis.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2026
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My internal ChatGPT is so advanced that it activates without me prompting it first. It'll just randomly be like, "I want a sandwich." How did it know I was hungry?!
Ah, running a background agent, I see
GenAI user discovers thinking, has first ever thoughts in their life.
Your own.
Personal.
Chat Bot.
Something to incorrectly hear your prayers,
Something that cannot care.
- Depressed Shmoo
Hehe, I am immune. I have aphantasia and anendophasia.
Isn't ChatGPT when you ask your cat what he wants in French?
It's when you tell your cat "I farted" in french
Omg you're right! I hadn't used the in-head gpt to sound it all out en français. LOL!!
J'ai poussé un pet jusqu'au point de merde, mon petit chatton
E: for anyone confused, "chat g p t" sounds like "chat j'ai pété" which literally means "cat i farted". My phrase is a bit more... colorful
G P T
It makes sense that a regular chatGPT user is unfamilliar with the concept of "thinking"
Thing is people have different ways of thinking, not all of them verbal. Might've switched over.
"Explain how."
mf rediscovering thinking
More like imagination
It's not feature complete if you can't configure the thinking effort
Wtf lol
*it
Chatgpt is a thing, not a person
This bothers me so much, my coworker constantly refers to Claude as "he" even when I remind him that's a bad idea for long term, to either call it "it" or Claude. But nope even in front of the CEO it's all "I was just working with him and gosh he makes everything so great blah blah blah, he frustrates me sometimes blah blah"
I think my coworker will be on the short path for ai psychosis
I like to think my cyberpunk dystopia job will be catching these people in a giant butterfly net when they escape from the Palantir Workhouse.
Guys, I it works.
Just think "make no mistakes" and you can do whatever you want.
Some people don’t have an internal monologue, I can’t find the original source but stuff on the internet say 30-50%.
I did a stint in an inpatient mental facility, and one of the other people there was suffering from voices in her head and kept a notebook full of some of the things they said. I asked if I could take a look and it was just...thoughts. Like, normal thoughts that I had assumed everyone had.
Only time it's annoying is when my thoughts are angry and in aramaic, but at least I know it's just normal thoughts. Lmao
Yeah. I've got Aphantasia and no internal monolog
I cant work out if thats brilliant or terrifying.
I wish I could have a ride in your brain and see what its actually like.
Probably about the same. Only realized at some point cause I was complaining about how a teacher always had us close our eyes and imagine shit. I was like tf are we doing this for when it doesn't do anything. And I got confused looks and somebody asked if I could see pictures in my head. I thought they were screwing with me and lo and behold most people can actually see things in their head similar to dreams.
Similar thing went down for the internal monolog. I believe I sort of complained offhand how movies/shows always depict people thinking as them just talking but how there wasn't exactly a better way to do it. Friend laughed and said something like "Well and obviously that's how people think too". Wouldn't have thought he was screwing with me if he wasn't constantly making things up lmao
That must be so peaceful, I'm insanely jealous.
I'm not OP, but I also don't have an internal monologue (and I don't dream, but I can construct images in my head "on demand"). I was in my late 20s before I realized that an internal monologue was not a literary device used by authors when telling a story - and people have an internal voice.
Think of it this way: unless something is causing sound externally there is absolute silence. It's peaceful sure, but your aware of all the little noises of things around you. One thing that can be hellish is getting a song stuck in your head ( I know several 3/4 and 5/4 melodies for just this reason).
Satire, or autism… satire or autism…. Hmmmmmm
He just figured out the rubber ducky method for problem-solving.
Autistic people can produce some of the best types of satire. So i am saying both.
Don't insult autists like that
This hit me the same as “don’t talk shit about midgets!”
It's impossible to tell
I've tried it, but my mind keeps telling me I need to upgrade my plan.
People have been doing this with god since the dawn of humanity
Bicameral mind due for a comeback I see.
Hints of /r/tulpa
This problem is real—you are right to question it.