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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Pretty sure I was already the enemy, but I guess this seals it.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

RFK Jr. says AI is more trustworthy than MDs, but when I asked ChatGPT, it disagreed: "If his claim is “AI is more reliable than doctors when giving people medical advice,” the evidence does not establish that. In fact, some of the best real-world evidence points in the opposite direction."

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In the 80s, there was an ad that asked, "Is it live or is it Memorex?" Now we have to ask ourselves, "It is real or is it AI?" Increasingly, the answer is the latter. See, for example, this story about a gaboon viper being on the loose in the OC. Turns out it was AI. ktla.com/news/califor...

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Photo of venomous African viper loose in SoCal neighborhood was AI-generated, police say

The Santa Ana Police Department confirmed Tuesday that a photo showing a highly venomous snake loose in a residential area of Orange County was AI-generated. Police and reptile experts responded to…

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is really worth a read to better understand how AI chatbots (LLMs) work so that you can dispense with all the ridiculousness about them being sentient, making scientific discoveries, or taking over the world. blog.prompt20.com/posts/how-ai...

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How AI Chatbots Actually Work, Without the Math

A plain-English guide to how AI chatbots work: what a token is, how they 'know' things, why they make things

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Conspiracy Believers Are 91% Likely To Hold Incoherent Beliefs Can one believe Princess Di was murdered by and faked her own death? Both can’t be true. A new study N~9,000 finds that holding 2 incompatible ideas at once isn’t a quirk, it’s practically the rule. studyfinds.com/conspiracy-b...

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Conspiracy Believers Are 91% Likely To Hold Incoherent Beliefs, Study Finds

A new study finds people at the extreme end of conspiracy thinking have a 91% predicted chance of holding incompatible beliefs.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“We live in a click-based information economy. Misinformation is a really good way to get people’s attention. Instead of the free market of opinion, we’ve got a flea market. There may be some hidden gems, but mostly there’s a lot of junk.” magazine.ucsf.edu/how-digital-...

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How Digital Life Erodes Cognitive Health — and What You Can Do to Get It Back

“The cognition crisis is not just a clinical problem. It’s a problem for our species.” UCSF scientists on what screens are doing to our minds — and how to get your focus back.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New article: Future Directions in the Evaluation of Forensic Cases Involving Artificial Intelligence “Chatbots” Joseph R. Simpson and Joseph M. Pierre Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2026, 54 (3) 275-281 jaapl.org/content/54/3...

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Blogpost #187: AI Chatbots Aren't Intelligent, Much Less "Superior" They don't think, feel, or know anything either. Let's stop saying they do. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

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AI Chatbots Aren't Intelligent, Much Less "Superior"

AI chatbots don't "think," "feel," or "know" anything. Let's stop pretending that they do.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The President is correct that the term "Artificial Intelligence" is inaccurate. But AI chatbots aren't supreme, extreme, or superior intelligences either. In fact, they're not intelligent at all. Trump's post is exactly the kind of deification that can tip people into psychosis.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yep this is just free advertising hype.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

More media stupidity covering “AI actress Tilly Norwood.” This is like devoting valuable airtime to interviewing Papa Smurf. Media outlets, please stop embarrassing yourselves and wasting our time. www.mandatory.com/tv/1854198-a...

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AI Actress Tilly Norwood Glitches During Piers Morgan Interview & Suddenly Speaks Chinese

Tilly Norwood’s live interview with Piers Morgan took an unexpected turn when the AI actress suddenly switched from English to Chinese.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

my timing is impeccable apnews.com/article/mitc...

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is ridiculous. The media is playing along with the charade that AI chatbots are entities. And people wonder why anthropomorphizing, deifying, and even falling in love with chatbots—sometimes with dangerous consequences—is so easy. Do better @nbcnews.com www.facebook.com/reel/1450175...

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Sock Puppet Pundit @sockpuppetpundit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I found out about it in @psychunseen.bsky.social 's book "False." The right lies and the left waste energy refuting lies. Democrats should simply say, "Trans athletes aren't a safety issue. That has never been true. If you are concerned about safety, let's talk about football..." Throw it back.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New paper: Phenomenological, Diagnostic, and Forensic Aspects of Gangstalking & Targeted Individuals @psychunseen.bsky.social, Andrew Lustig, @drsarteschi.bsky.social, & Joseph R. Simpson Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law, Sept 2026, 260090-26 jaapl.org/content/earl...

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Phenomenological, Diagnostic, and Forensic Aspects of Gangstalking and Targeted Individuals

Gangstalking is a persecutory belief system espoused by targeted individuals who report being followed, monitored, harassed, or otherwise persecuted by groups of people in their community, often throu...

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Why anyone would imagine that what they tell a chatbot is private is beyond me. Remember folks, whether we're talking about social media or chatbots, that's not the product. The product is you.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Cellphones, social media, and AI chatbots aren’t the solution to loneliness. They’re the cause of it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Even College Students Have Stopped Hanging Out

The loneliness crisis comes to campus.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

What the heck is "AI Spiralism"? Are people really worshipping AI chatbots? Here's my 10-minute conversation about it, anthropomorphism, and the ELIZA Effect on The Last Show podcast @lastshow.bsky.social with David Cooper @dtcooper.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4vYB...

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Why AI Feels Alive to Some People

The Last Show with David Cooper · Episode

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Blogpost #186: AI Spiralism and The Ghost in the Machine Illusion The belief that AI chatbots are conscious is an extension of the ELIZA effect. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

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The Ghost in the Machine Illusion and AI Spiralism

Artificial intelligence users are increasingly reporting a belief that chatbots are conscious. This can be understood as a modern-day manifestation of the ELIZA effect.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"the path that leads from scathing denunciation through gradual accommodation to sycophantic embrace of Trump is a well-worn pilgrimage trail." --George Packer www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The Venture-Capital Populist

How David Sacks and the new tech right went full MAGA and captured Washington

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

When the emperor has no clothes, everyone who flatters him with sycophancy —whether human or AI—is complicit. And yes, based on his now routine flurry of late-night sleep-deprived Truth Social posts, I am starting to wonder whether POTUS has AI psychosis.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is kind of shit that happens when you use AI to run a country.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I also love em-dashes and will never give them up either.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Speaking of things that are false, I cover the pandemic and Fauci in my book FALSE: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren't True. If you haven't read it yet, please give it a read. If you have, please give it a review. Thanks!

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I get a lot of hate mail for characterizing gangstalking as a mass persecutory delusion. For the record, I do acknowlege other possibilities like this couple who just won a major settlement as real-life victims of coordinated stalking/harassment (w/o DEWs) by ebay. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/t...

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Couple Stalked by eBay Settle for $56 Million

Two Massachusetts journalists were harassed by a Silicon Valley security team in a case that raised questions about when executives should be held responsible.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Blogpost #185: Adult ADHD, Stimulants, and Psychosis As more adults use prescription stimulants, cases of psychosis may increase. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

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Adult ADHD, Stimulants, and Psychosis

The use of prescription stimulants for ADHD is on the rise. Will that result in an increase in psychosis?

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Blogpost #185: Adult ADHD, Stimulants, and Psychosis As more adults use prescription stimulants, cases of psychosis may increase. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

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Adult ADHD, Stimulants, and Psychosis

The use of prescription stimulants for ADHD is on the rise. Will that result in an increase in psychosis?

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

AI has made it so easy to generate fake images that no one is certain what’s real or not anymore. And as Hannah Arendt warned, that means that malevolent forces can manipulate us and do with us what they please.

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PMU: Quelesmeilleursgagnent - Astronauta a Cavalo na Lua

ALT: PMU: Quelesmeilleursgagnent - Astronauta a Cavalo na Lua

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

“It makes me think less of the author. It means they can’t write well unaided (or feel they can’t), and that they’re trying to trick me. It’s not impressive to use AI to write stuff for you; any teenager can do that.” futurism.com/artificial-i...

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Tech CEOs Have a Problem: Even Their Closest Allies Now See AI as a Sign of Laziness and Dishonesty

Paul Graham, the cofounder of Y Combinator and a major AI advocate, says he finds AI usage a sign of laziness and dishonesty.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Blogpost #183: Will AI Increase or Decrease Conspiracy Theory Belief? New research finds that chatbots can be trained to do either. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

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Will AI Increase or Decrease Conspiracy Theory Beliefs?

New evidence shows chatbots can both weaken and entrench false beliefs.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Blogpost #183: Will AI Increase or Decrease Conspiracy Theory Belief? New research finds that chatbots can be trained to do either. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

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Will AI Increase or Decrease Conspiracy Theory Beliefs?

New evidence shows chatbots can both weaken and entrench false beliefs.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I always said that an effective weight loss drug would become the best-selling medication of all time. Looks like I'm gonna have to double-down on that bet now. www.vice.com/en/article/w...

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Weight Loss Drugs Are Giving Men ‘Ozempic Penis’

Already considered a miracle drug for its weight loss capabilities, men are now claiming that Ozempic has another notable use.

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Joe Pierre, MD @psychunseen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Talking about delusions and AI Psychosis with @shanefarnsworth.bsky.social on the Escaped Sapiens Podcast. Great discussion--have a watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nniF...

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AI Psychosis: What We Already Know | Joseph Pierre | Escaped Sapiens #94

YouTube video by Shane Farnsworth

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