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I think it's more about differences in models over time. With GPT 4o, etc., I think the key mode of failure looked more like people developing these weird cult-like quasi-mystical relationships with the AI, anthropomorphizing it, etc. This looked a lot like "psychosis." Now, I think the mode of failure looks more like "see Claude Code is really cool, that means I can do anything!" This looks more like "mania." So I think both are true, just of different eras.
This is an experiment in short-form content on LW2.0. I'll be using the comment section of this post as a repository of short, sometimes-half-baked posts that either:
I ask people not to create top-level comments here, but feel free to reply to comments like you would a FB post.