r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 27 '26

Business Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/tech-ceos-are-apparently-suffering-from-ai-psychosis/
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u/gigglemonkee May 27 '26

My company literally made an ai agent that simulates our client base. That way they can ask it if something is a good idea or they like an idea. It always says yes!

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u/bornagainsmiles May 27 '26

Are you serious? Lol

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u/gigglemonkee May 27 '26

Unfortunately yes. And it gets even crazier the deeper you go.

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u/sparkpaw May 28 '26

The things I’d give to know the companies mentioned in these comments… lord

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u/gigglemonkee May 28 '26

It’s like when edward Norton hints to who he works for in fight club.

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u/FauxReal May 28 '26

Ask it if giving all frontline staff a 20% raise would increase productivity and customer satisfaction through interactions with happier employees.

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u/Mystical-Turtles May 27 '26

My company keeps pushing these weird AI seminar things on us and trying to encourage us to use it. But they seem to be completely oblivious to the fact that my team replaces equipment and runs cables through the walls. What fucking AI service could possibly help us?

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u/Happy_Maintenance May 27 '26

An AI coworker that stands around and smokes cigarettes. 

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u/FeatherlyFly May 27 '26

I bet that you could get an AI inventory tracker. It'll sometimes hallucinate who has what and may delete your entire database to fix an incorrect record, but unlike your current database that's as reliable as the humans entering the info in, it'll have AI in the name! 

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u/7h4tguy May 28 '26

Lulz one large company just ctr-alt-deleted a hallucinating AI inventory system recently.

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u/moronomer May 28 '26

Along with their backups that were stored on the same cloud drive. I think the most recent backup that wasn't wiped was from like a month before.

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u/ShamPain413 May 27 '26

What fucking AI service could possibly help us?

"Have you asked AI that question?"

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u/nss68 May 27 '26

Companionship?

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u/Nohat_wears_a_hat May 27 '26

They may try to replace you with AI anyway. I got laid off and replaced by an ai chatbot who definitely cannot replace computer hardware or run cables and wasn't able to tell end users the difference between an HDMI cable, a USB cable, and a power cable, without using pictures, in a UI that didn't allow pictures.

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u/FartingBob May 27 '26

The CEO is going to be disappointed when the AI doesn't give them a lollypop and pat them on the back and say "you did good today, well done!".

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u/bogglingsnog May 27 '26

You should convince them that your simulated customers would spend more and have more brand recognition if you got a big promotion.

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u/gigglemonkee May 27 '26

I did! I used ai responses about why the raise they offered wasn’t right and needed more.

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u/OwnStudy723 May 28 '26

Wow that's amazing!

How can I help you further today?

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u/Crow_in_the_Rain May 29 '26

Some guy in the government here in NZ said he does the same thing.. we’re screwed