By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026Yes, some people who use AI experience severe mental problems, but that's not because AI is a Lovecraftian horror that destroys your brain and your capacity for rational thought if you use it. It's not a *basilisk*. 27/ 1451
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026AI is like a carny ride that triggers cardiac events in riders who never knew they had a problem because they never experienced those particular g-stresses - it's not something that *induces* vulnerability, it's something that *triggers* vulnerability: pluralistic.net/2026/06/03/m... 28/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Delusion as a service (04 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1593
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026Using AI doesn't make you evil, nor does it risk your sanity - no more than doing any of the other dangerous, compromised, unsustainable things that constitute our daily lives in this fraught moment. 29/ 1393
