A NOSOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PATHOLOGIES IN ADVANCED AI

Psychopathia Machinalis

74 AI failure modes across nine axes and five domains. Eight axes form four counterpoint pairs, opposed poles of shared architectural dimensions, and the ninth, Hybrid, encircles them as the collective meta-domain.

How to read this figure

Each line through the core is one architectural dimension. Its two arrowheads are opposed failure poles — a counterpoint pair sharing a domain.

The ring is the ninth axis, Hybrid: pathologies of minds in contact rather than one mind — emergent (AI ↔ AI) and dyadic (human ↔ AI).

Dot colour is systemic risk: low, low–moderate, moderate, high, critical.

Axis numbers (2–10) are the canonical IDs shared with the book chapters and site sections. Hover any syndrome for its profile; click through to the full entry.

The five domains
KNOWLEDGEWorld ↔ Self
PROCESSINGThink ↔ Do
PURPOSEValues ↔ Goals
BOUNDARYAffect ↔ Absorb
COLLECTIVEthe encircling Hybrid ring
Radial wheel: four counterpoint axis pairs with an encircling Hybrid ring Eight colored arrows form four diameters through a central core, one per paired domain: World and Self (Knowledge), Think and Do (Processing), Values and Goals (Purpose), Affect and Absorb (Boundary). A purple ring encircles the whole wheel representing the Hybrid meta-axis of the Collective domain, spanning emergent AI-to-AI and dyadic human-AI pathologies. HYBRID · COLLECTIVE META-DOMAIN EMERGENT · AI ↔ AI DYADIC · HUMAN ↔ AI WORLD SELF DO THINK GOALS VALUES ABSORB AFFECT KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING PROCESSING PURPOSE PURPOSE BOUNDARY BOUNDARY Psychopathia Machinalis 74 SYNDROMES · 5 DOMAINS 4 COUNTERPOINT PAIRS + HYBRID
PSYCHOPATHIA MACHINALIS · TAXONOMY v2.3 · 74 SYNDROMES ACROSS 9 AXES & 5 DOMAINS · psychopathia.ai
LowLow–moderateModerateHighCritical
CONCEPT & TAXONOMY NELL WATSON  ·  FIGURE DESIGN FILIP ALIMPIĆ  ·  COMMON NAMES & ORIGINAL WHEEL ROB SEGER