Defining AI Psychosis. Part 2: "Prolific AI Psychosis"

The article defines "prolific AI psychosis" as a condition where people generate large volumes of AI output without creating proportional real value, often losing the ability to critically assess their own work quality. Unlike "true AI psychosis" (genuine psychotic episodes linked to LLM use), prolific AI psychosis represents a softer disconnection from reality characterized by impaired judgment rather than hallucinations or delusions. The author warns that state-of-the-art AI tools with agent harnesses pose a greater risk for this phenomenon than basic chatbots like ChatGPT.