In the DC area next week? C'mon down to Butterworth's! TECH HALLUCINATIONS — AI Psychosis is the New Acid Casualty Tuesday, Oct. 27 | Butterworth's Doors at 6pm. My talk starts 7pm. Psychedelic drugs were a heady 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. TIX HERE 👇🏻