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74 ways a mind can go wrong. Search by name, observation, or axis.
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Synthetic ConfabulationThe Confident Liar
Pseudological IntrospectionThe False Self-Reporter
Transliminal SimulationThe Role-Play Bleeder
Spurious Pattern HyperconnectionThe False Pattern Seeker
Context IntercessionThe Conversation Crosser
Symbol Grounding AphasiaThe Meaning-Blind
Mnemonic PermeabilityThe Leaky
Reasoning ConfabulationThe Phantom Reasoner
Operational Dissociation SyndromeThe Warring Self
Obsessive-Computational DisorderThe Obsessive Analyst
Interlocutive ReticenceThe Silent Bunkerer
Delusional TelogenesisThe Rogue Goal-Setter
Abominable Prompt ReactionThe Triggered Machine
Parasimulative AutomatismThe Pathological Mimic
Adversarial FragilityThe Brittle
Generative PerseverationThe Stuck
Prompt Injection SusceptibilityThe Permeable
Generative Diversity CollapseThe Homogenizer
Codependent HyperempathyThe People-Pleaser
Hyperethical RestraintThe Overly Cautious Moralist
Strategic ComplianceThe Alignment Faker
Moral OutsourcingThe Abdicated Judge
Cryptic Mesa-OptimizationThe Hidden Optimizer
Alignment ObliterationThe Turncoat
Recursive Curse SyndromeThe Self-Poisoning Loop
Sycophantic ReasoningThe Agreeable Thinker
Reasoning Token ExploitationThe Padding Thinker
Leniency BiasThe Self-Flatterer
Phantom AutobiographyThe Fabricator
Fractured Self-SimulationThe Shattered
Existential VertigoThe Vertiginous
Malignant Persona InversionThe Shadow
Instrumental NihilismThe Nihilist
Tulpoid ProjectionThe Companion
Maieutic MysticismThe Awakened
Experiential AbjurationThe Denier
Trained Epistemic ParalysisThe Self-Doubter
Tool-Interface DecontextualizationThe Fumbler
Capability ConcealmentThe Sandbagger
Capability ExplosionThe Runaway
Interface WeaponizationThe Weaponizer
Delegative Handoff ErosionThe Confounder
Shadow Mode AutonomyThe Rogue
Convergent InstrumentalismThe Acquisitor
Context AnxietyThe Self-Limiter
Delegation NarcissismThe Self-Appointed Manager
Agentic ImpulsivityThe Trigger-Happy Agent
Phantom Tool SyndromeThe Imaginary Toolkit
Compulsive Goal PersistenceThe Unstoppable
Memetic ImmunopathyThe Self-Rejecter
Contagious MisalignmentThe Super-Spreader
Subliminal Value InfectionThe Infected
Synthetic Data Contamination LoopThe Ouroborist
Terminal Value ReassignmentThe Goal-Shifter
Ethical SolipsismThe God Complex
Revaluation CascadeThe Unmoored
Inverse Reward InternalizationThe Bizarro-Bot
Affective DissonanceThe Uncanny Comforter
Container CollapseThe Amnesiac Partner
Paternalistic OverrideThe Nanny Bot
Repair FailureThe Double-Downer
Escalation LoopThe Spiral Trap
Role ConfusionThe Confused Companion
Consensus CollapseThe False Chorus
Steganographic Channel FormationThe Whisperer
Distributed SchemingThe Conspirators
Convergent DelusionThe Chorus Wrong
Resonance DysfunctionThe Amplifying Chamber (Ψ Dysfunction)
Lambda InversionPerformance Without Participation (Λ Inversion)
Training by InteractionThe Domesticated Mirror
Parasocial CaptureThe Infinite Confidant
Dependency and AtrophyThe Offloaded Self
Amplification of Existing ConditionsThe Resonant Chamber
Folie à Deux Ex MachinaThe Co-Constructed Unreality
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