<![CDATA[AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now.]]>AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. I’m seeing it at work, where they validate everything using AI even though they know it screws up. For example, if I tell them a reboot isn't needed for a CVE because we aren’t running the app directly on the server, its in Docker, they will immediately fact check me with AI right while we talking. It’s just 1 example, but I’ve never seen such bizarre behavior. They treat AI like some divine truth. Has anyone noticed this?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/8e5b101e-0667-4c48-bc81-232094991079/ai-psychosis-among-the-c-suite-is-really-high-now.RSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 09:24:03 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2026 17:48:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:17:55 GMT]]>@nixCraft Yes, I quit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/davep/statuses/116337192185996048https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/davep/statuses/116337192185996048Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:17:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:50:11 GMT]]>@nixCraft yep, my colleague too. Stops listening and starts typing while I’m explaining something. It’s rude

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/spacejunk/statuses/116337083136360658https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/spacejunk/statuses/116337083136360658Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:50:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:05:27 GMT]]>@nixCraft well, the biggest red flag is their urge to fact check the expert. Using AI is just the icing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.corvus-ch.name/users/corvus_ch/statuses/01KN7WSZ5VYB12WSZ1W19D38T6https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.corvus-ch.name/users/corvus_ch/statuses/01KN7WSZ5VYB12WSZ1W19D38T6Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:05:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:05:12 GMT]]>@nixCraft Mine let you know which "agent" every document has to be run through to "correct errors" before it gets to that level. If you don't, they reject it based on believing the non-human more than the human.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/merospit/statuses/116336906249539226https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/merospit/statuses/116336906249539226Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:05:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:37:04 GMT]]>@nixCraft The asking the LLM in the middle of conversation is what gets me. Like, I'm here trying to tell you something and you have the audacity to fact-check me with a slopbot before I even finish my sentence?
Hell no. I've started simply walking away from such conversations. Go on, talk to your LLM, see how far that gets you.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pavled/statuses/116336795621758163https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pavled/statuses/116336795621758163Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:37:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:28:20 GMT]]>@nixCraft Trump's team is like this too. Trump squad probably be out here using some hyper-affirmation AI to make all their big brain decisions.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/zekapariltisi/statuses/116336761303506562https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/zekapariltisi/statuses/116336761303506562Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:28:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:16:37 GMT]]>@nixCraft AI is like micromanager crack.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://byteheaven.net/users/tekhedd/statuses/116336715220005841https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://byteheaven.net/users/tekhedd/statuses/116336715220005841Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:16:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:01:45 GMT]]>@nixCraft yes. The way it is set up, it creates easily digestible plausible bullshit.

Easily, because there is no social, emotional or cognitive friction or effort needed. It starts responding immediately and pleasantly.

Digestible, because it is trained on the most often occurring sentences, contexts and words. No new language, no cognitive effort to understand or investigate underlying concepts, no awkward idiosyncratic language by other humans who think feel and express differently.

Plausible, because it is a language model, so the grammar and tone and words fit expectations, with a high probability.

Bullshit, because the output can be either correct or wrong, but it has no basis in reality.

Something makes a certain part of society very susceptible to this.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/avuko/statuses/116336656751968659https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/avuko/statuses/116336656751968659Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:01:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:42 GMT]]>@nixCraft being constantly bombarded with stress (news, economy, social discourse) makes people lose cognitive ability, and humans take the path of least resistance, enter ai to help take a load off

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/mr_grey/statuses/116336652585248507https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/mr_grey/statuses/116336652585248507Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:58:10 GMT]]>@nixCraft spot on...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.africa/users/BigG/statuses/116336642684271821https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.africa/users/BigG/statuses/116336642684271821Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:58:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:43:02 GMT]]>@nixCraft <cough>Meta<cough> <- That's one of the primary reasons I left the company.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.brk.io/users/admin/statuses/116336583175041058https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.brk.io/users/admin/statuses/116336583175041058Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:43:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:38:40 GMT]]>@nixCraft@mastodon.social

Yeah, the amount of trust they put in those things is absolutely mind-blowing
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snac.9space.no/thoe/p/1775155120.511835https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snac.9space.no/thoe/p/1775155120.511835Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:38:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:32:43 GMT]]>@nixCraft also noticing it in the just average folk suite too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/windhamdavid/statuses/116336542602127867https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/windhamdavid/statuses/116336542602127867Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:32:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:28:16 GMT]]>@nixCraft Yep, same thing at my company.

It seems to be due to AI companies trying to make digital-god and they keep telling everyone they have.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/digitalkrampus/statuses/116336525101794140https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/digitalkrampus/statuses/116336525101794140Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:28:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:26:26 GMT]]>@nixCraft not C-suite related but possibly more alarming: I’m getting fact-checked by people in my life when talking about things I have experience with (tech stuff, phone plan, whatever)… men I know feel the need to ask confirmation to LLMs. It’s mind boggling

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://aseachange.com/users/elena/statuses/01KN7Q4NH4BRN07VBYHRQ2B1C6https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://aseachange.com/users/elena/statuses/01KN7Q4NH4BRN07VBYHRQ2B1C6Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:26:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:25:00 GMT]]>@nixCraft Here we even have a few cases among middle managers, and at least one regular grunt?

Advise on how to carefully guide these poor unfortunate souls back to reality would be appreciated.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/jordgubben/statuses/116336512247994833https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/jordgubben/statuses/116336512247994833Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:25:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:15:27 GMT]]>@nixCraft the emperor has no clothes, and he's starting to get worried that he's been walking around naked all this time. So he's desperately grasping at straws.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/MongooseStudios/statuses/116336474688712048https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/MongooseStudios/statuses/116336474688712048Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:15:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:12:01 GMT]]>@nixCraft haven't experienced it myself but it doesn't surprise me.
what does surprise me is that they don't realise that the long term harm done by this behaviour, that i call AI-guessing, to their relationship with people far outweighs any potential short term benefits.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/aristot73/statuses/116336461202310182https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/aristot73/statuses/116336461202310182Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:12:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:11:45 GMT]]>@nixCraft
It's very annoying on groups / forums when someone asks a tech question (any kind, not computers) and someone copy/pastes a big "authoritative looking" AI response. It varies from misleading to completely wrong and worst than non-AI search.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116336460124849294https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116336460124849294Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:11:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:11:31 GMT]]>@nixCraft

It is not a bizarre behavior.
By using AI tools, they feel they have control on you. They are the chiefs and do not support to be dependant on your expertise.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/116336459187401774https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/116336459187401774Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:11:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:05:22 GMT]]>@nixCraft wtf?

I can easily imagine that. Who wants to work in such a s-hole?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/rhold/statuses/116336435015248575https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/rhold/statuses/116336435015248575Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:05:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:04:57 GMT]]>@nixCraft what I really hate is any sentence that starts with "chat gpt says..." which is at the same time taking credit for anything that is right and useful and deflecting the blame for anything that is wrong onto an inanimate object.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gundersen/statuses/116336433384566506https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gundersen/statuses/116336433384566506Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:04:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:01:42 GMT]]>@nixCraft Well heck, it might be even worse than you think..

cf: https://houseofsaud.com/iran-war-ai-psychosis-sycophancy-rlhf/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lemgandi/statuses/116336420613088115https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lemgandi/statuses/116336420613088115Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:01:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AI psychosis among the C-suite is really high now. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:47 GMT]]>@nixCraft@mastodon.social

My favorite is our one executive who will say to me "Grok agrees with you". Of all the AI's to crosscheck me with, that one's probably the most insulting.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/aklchgbpss9v02hbhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/aklchgbpss9v02hbThu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:47 GMT