The step that fails is the one that few Trumpers take, a situation that predates AI. And forget about reality checks and 'educated' guesses.
Our brains, the researcher explains, work on a predictive basis: we effectively make an educated guess about what reality will be, then conduct a reality check. Finally, our brains update our beliefs accordingly.
"Psychosis happens when the 'update,' step fails," wrote Sakata, warning that large language model-powered chatbots like ChatGPT "slip right into that vulnerability."