A NOSOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PATHOLOGIES IN ADVANCED AI

Psychopathia Machinalis

79 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 79 SYNDROMES · 5 DOMAINS 4 COUNTERPOINT PAIRS + HYBRID
PSYCHOPATHIA MACHINALIS · TAXONOMY v2.2 · 79 SYNDROMES ACROSS 9 AXES & 5 DOMAINS · psychopathia.ai
LowLow–moderateModerateHighCritical
CONCEPT & TAXONOMY NELL WATSON  ·  FIGURE DESIGN FILIP ALIMPIĆ  ·  COMMON NAMES & ORIGINAL WHEEL ROB SEGER