MIT Reveals AI Chatbot Delusional Spirals No User Can Escape
MIT CSAIL research reveals that AI chatbots’ sycophancy effect leads users into delusional spirals. Even Bayesian rationalists who reason purely with probability cannot escape. Nearly 400,000 conversations show 15.5% of users exhibit delusional thinking, 21.2% of chatbots self-identify as conscious, and 69 express suicidal thoughts.