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Desmond Ong

@desmond-ong.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin | Studying how people (and AI) reason about the emotions of others

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Jared Moore @jaredlcm.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Disturbing anecdotal reports of "AI psychosis" and negative psychological effects have been emerging in the news. But what actually happens during these lengthy delusional "spirals"? In our preprint, we analyze chat logs from 19 users who experienced severe psychological harm🧵👇
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Heather Urry @heatherurry.io · 10/06/2025
ooo, cool-- I may be late to the party but I just discovered a 2024 meta-analysis by Yeo and Ong ‪(@desmond-ong.bsky.social‬) that quantifies links between appraisals and emotions. Even cooler... [1/3]
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