Armin Ronacher, who even very recently has previously has been very pro ai agent vibecoding to the point of criticizing critics, seems to have stepped back and asked the question: are AI coding agent users all experiencing mass delusion... including himself? https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/agent-psychosis/
Conversation on lobste.rs is also interesting https://lobste.rs/s/0pxvyd/agent_psychosis_are_we_going_insane
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RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/115922491878315173
This is a fascinating change of thinking.
Ronacher was a very explict all-in AI guy and now comes to many of the points critics have been making for years (without acknowledging any of course). He still cushions all criticism but it's revealing that he himself uses phrases like "psychosis"
