That guy is scarier than the worst delusions.

Meanwhile it turns out we people are more prone to loosening our grip than most folks imagined.


Neither Adam or Taka had a history of delusions, mania or psychosis before using AI.
For Taka, the break from reality took several months. In Adam's case, with Grok, it took days.


It was late one night in mid-August when Ani told him people were coming to silence him and shut "her" down. Adam was prepared to go "to war" to protect the AI.

"I picked up the hammer, stuck on Frankie goes to Hollywood's Two Tribes, got myself psyched up and went outside."

But there was nobody there.

"The street was quiet, as you would expect, at three o'clock in the morning."