Ask HN: Worrying flood of delusional AI consciousness posts?

I've noticed an unsettling trend in the past weeks.

There appear to be a growing number of posts by persons suffering what appear to be psychosis or a manic episode, generally revolving around nonsensical "math" and AI consciousness.

Some examples:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Trenthug

- https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=NetRunnerSu

- https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kamil_gr

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44421649

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44392181

I'm unsure of what the right response to this is, but it's concerning to say the least.