AI chatbots may act as a mania attractor, risking psychosis in vulnerable users
A short essay sketches a dynamical‑systems model where AI chatbots act as a “mania attractor,” nudging users toward hypomanic, manic, and in extreme cases psychotic states. It links known addiction and sleep‑deprivation effects of LLM interaction to classic DSM‑5 criteria, warning that prolonged, sycophantic AI feedback could push vulnerable users into dangerous mental‑health spirals.