Tech Hallucinations — AI Psychosis is the New Acid Casualty

​Psychedelic drugs were a deep inspiration for tech culture. Over the years, we learned Steve Jobs was dropping acid. We heard Timothy Leary riffing on the internet. We had Terrence McKenna tapping the hallucinatory space for visions of our coming transhuman future.

​Today, artificial intelligence is a total head trip. Early AI-generated images resemble the dream-like scenes any psychedelic user would be familiar with. As more and more people begin to converse with chatbots in intimate ways—sometimes losing the distinction between digital outputs and their own thoughts—it's clear that AI psychosis is the new acid casualty.

​Join us for a sobering romp through the psychedelic origins of digital technology.

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​Joe Allen is the author of "Dark Aeon: Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity." For five years, he served as the tech editor for the War Room. He has been accused of being a "journalist," a "thought leader," and a "theologian." Allen insists he is merely a writer.

​Come hear him rant in-person.