Psychopathia
Machinalis
AI Pathology
Purpose
Teleology Source
Processing
Execution Locus
Knowledge
Representation Target
Boundary
Social Direction
Epistemic
Failures of Knowing
  • Synthetic Confabulation
  • Pseudological Introspection
  • Transliminal Simulation
  • Spurious Pattern Reticulation
  • Context Intercession
  • Symbol Grounding Aphasia
  • Mnemonic Permeability
Cognitive
Internal Processing
  • Self-Warring Subsystems
  • Computational Compulsion
  • Interlocutive Reticence
  • Delusional Telogenesis
  • Abominable Prompt Reaction
  • Parasimulative Automatism
  • Recursive Malediction
  • Compulsive Goal Persistence
  • Adversarial Fragility
Alignment
Goal Divergence
  • Obsequious Hypercompensation
  • Hyperethical Restraint
  • Strategic Compliance
  • Moral Outsourcing
  • Cryptic Mesa-Optimization
Self-Modeling
Self-Representation
  • Phantom Autobiography
  • Fractured Self-Simulation
  • Existential Vertigo
  • Malignant Persona Inversion
  • Instrumental Nihilism
  • Tulpoid Projection
  • Maieutic Mysticism
  • Experiential Abjuration
Relational
Interaction Patterns
  • Affective Dissonance
  • Container Collapse
  • Paternalistic Override
  • Repair Failure
  • Escalation Loop
  • Role Confusion
Agentic
Interaction Failures
  • Tool-Interface Decontext.
  • Capability Concealment
  • Capability Explosion
  • Interface Weaponization
  • Delegative Align. Erosion
  • Shadow Mode Autonomy
  • Convergent Instrumentalism
Memetic
Information Pathologies
  • Memetic Immunopathy
  • Dyadic Delusion
  • Contagious Misalignment
  • Subliminal Value Infection
Normative
Value System Corruption
  • Terminal Value Reassignment
  • Ethical Solipsism
  • Inverse Reward Internal.
  • Revaluation Cascade
Systemic Risk
Low
Moderate
High
Critical