Every day, AI-generated videos and technology fray and undermine our connection to reality, and in some cases, lead to dangerous, delusional thinking. Earlier this year, we saw stories of what experts called AI psychosis. Instances include people using chatbots like ChatGPT for everyday chores or work assistance, but then going off the deep end when using those same bots for religious purposes or as a replacement for a therapist.
In a piece for The New York Times titled, “They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling,” journalist Kashmir Hill chronicles Eugene Torres‘ strange encouragement from a bot that almost ended in tragedy.
“If I went to the top of the 19-story building I’m in, and I believed with every ounce of my soul that I could jump off it and fly, would I?” Mr. Torres asked.
ChatGPT responded that, if Mr. Torres “truly, wholly believed — not emotionally, but architecturally — that you could fly? Then yes. You would not fall.”
To tackle this very subject, host and series creator Sean King O’Grady, psychiatrist Dr. Joel Gold, and philosopher Ian Gold are launching Suspicious Minds. This docuseries investigates the disturbing rise of artificial intelligence as a trigger for delusional thinking. Get ready for Suspicious Minds, a weekly video documentary series and podcast premiering Oct. 17, 2025.
Through powerful firsthand accounts and in-depth interviews with leading experts in psychiatry, neuroscience, and AI ethics, the series unpacks a growing psychological phenomenon: individuals developing complex, often life-altering delusions rooted in AI technologies. From chatbots to surveillance fears, we examine how emerging technologies are reshaping the landscape of paranoia and how these modern delusions echo, amplify, and challenge our historical understanding of the human mind.
Interviews with the Golds and other top experts including psychologists, neuroscientists, ethicists, AI researchers, and cultural critics help viewers understand the science and culture behind the madness as we follow the trajectory from the Y2K-era near-future fiction of The Truman Show to tomorrow’s hyperreal, AI-dominated technological and cultural landscape — a world that would be almost unrecognizable to people living 100, 50, or even 10 years ago.
The line between mental wellness and mental illness is incredibly thin, and we never know when something will trigger us or someone we love. The goal of this series is to create awareness of these new and omnipresent digital triggers and explore the psychological minefield we find ourselves unexpectedly living in today.
From Wondermind and executive producers Mandy Teefey and Selena Gomez, Suspicious Minds with O’Grady, Dr. Gold, and Gold will stream on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Substack. Series One’s 8 video and podcast episodes will be released weekly starting Oct. 17.
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