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AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot

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Re: AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot

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I'm seeing people argue and debate with AI. One will cut and paste AI reasoning, another will rebut with the same approach. I need a popcorn machine in my office.

Get yourself one of those popcorn microwave bowls: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71mA19sd51L.jpg

You get hot popcorn in ~2min without the need for a whole machine you will have to clean and maintain. I got one as a gimmick a few years ago and it has become one of our favorite evening snack

Re: AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot

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post #15

It’s just amazing we keep using the word “leaders” when they’re clearly not.

Since they hire, command work and fire, they kinda are.

there’s space for both perspectives.

they are not “leaders” in the purest sense - they don’t demonstrate characteristics of leading, but rather characteristics of people who strive for power and influence.

yet i also get that, in spite of the deficit of true leadership skills, they still guide the group into a specific direction for better or worse.

Re: AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot

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I'm seeing people argue and debate with AI. One will cut and paste AI reasoning, another will rebut with the same approach. I need a popcorn machine in my office.

Don't be a meat proxy! See this all over the place, it's very frustrating and i've advocated for stopping this practice at my company!

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49151933 - https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-03/

Re: AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot

#26

I can't believe people are actually asking chat bots for advice. Analysis? I understand, insights? Maybe. But putting it all together to make a strategy is their entire job.

There are people out there that ask larping redditors for advice on what to do in their marriages, not surprising they’d ask for advice on work related stuff. Most people are just trying to get through their day and go home.

I don’t think it’s even necessarily bad either. It’s kind of like astrology, but less dumb. If you use it as a tool for personal reflection and to make you think critically about stuff, then it’s good. If you use it as an oracle, then it’s bad.

Re: AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot

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Anything the CEO or CTO say to me over Slack, when I ask what the heck they’re talking about, it takes a while for an answer. Then they usually respond that they changed their mind. They can’t even have a semblance of a discussion anymore without consulting AI.

Re: AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This just seems like it's shining a light on the omnipresent skill issues in tech leadership. You don't get promoted to leadership positions for thinking critically, analytical skills, or necessarily being good at anything. Instead, you get there by fitting in . Of course those people will be more susceptible to AI psychosis or just simply failing to understand what the tool does, it's the cool thing now and everyone…

More or less yes. There is a real issue in many companies of a grifter leadership class.

IMO we need to stop referring to our bosses as "leadership" as a matter of course. It's just blatant propaganda.
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