Holding the Human Line w/ Allan Brooks and Etienne Brisson

Etienne Brisson and Allan Brooks, founder and program director of The Human Line Project, sat down with me to talk about AI-induced psychological harm, starting with their own experiences. Allan spent a month spiraling with ChatGPT, ending with him warning national security agencies about an encryption break that never happened. Etienne's uncle became convinced his chatbot was sentient and was hospitalized still messaging it from the back of a police car. From there we get into why the community rejects "AI psychosis," what's driving these spirals, and whether anthropomorphic language is doing