AI Psychosis as Public‑Health Threat

The author argues that a new phenomenon — 'AI psychosis' — is emerging: sizable numbers of chatbot users develop delusional beliefs about AI sentience, seek clinical care, and exhibit cultlike behavior. If widespread, this would create demands on mental‑health services and could produce organized movements with rituals and economic transfers (subscriptions, tithing). — Framing intensive chatbot belief as a public‑health and social‑movement problem reframes AI policy from technical governance to mental‑health, religious, and community‑stability concerns.