Using AI without losing your critical thinkingPublished on 09 Aug 2026The industry has been using the term AI Psychosis to describe a person who blindly believes everything that AI says, leading to situations where said person develops strong beliefs in concepts that have zero grounding in reality whatsoever, simply because the AI claimed it was true. It's simply the consequence of someone trying to use AI without first understanding what AI "is" and how the tech that powers it works. Anyone can prompt AI nowadays, so it's your ability to apply critical thinking to what comes out of it that gives you value and sets you apart from other engineers. It's then critical that when you work AI, you need to be aware of the technology's shortcomings and have strategies to manage each of them. I find that letting the AI work on its own with zero oversight can work well for simple requests, but in my experience this rarely works for complex pieces of work.