GoKawiilElon Musk admits to repeated bouts of 'AI psychosis' this year
At X's Takeover event, Elon Musk told attendees he has experienced what he called 'cyber psychosis' or 'AI/SI psychosis' roughly half a dozen times in 2025. He described the episodes casually, using 'SI' to mean superintelligence, a term recently promoted by a Trump executive order renaming artificial intelligence.
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The term 'AI psychosis' is used by mental health experts to describe chatbots reinforcing users' delusions, sometimes with serious consequences, but it has also become a label critics apply mockingly to tech executives who seem overly immersed in AI hype. Musk's offhand admission could normalize or trivialize a genuine clinical concern, and it comes as he continues promoting Grok as a tool for uncovering supposed deep truths.
- Musk said he has had 'AI or SI psychosis' about six times in 2025.
- He made the remarks at X's Takeover event, as reported by Business Insider.
- The comments blur a serious mental health term with Musk's promotional claims about his Grok chatbot.
Source: futurism.com — Frank Landymore, 2026-10-15
Published there as: “Elon Musk Says He’s Been Struggling With AI Psychosis”
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