Box CEO Aaron Levie diagnoses tech executives with 'AI psychosis

box founder aaron levie coined 'ai psychosis' to explain the disconnect between tech ceos' perceptions of ai capabilities and the reality of implementation. levie notes that executives often see successful demos or prototypes but fail to account for the extensive human labor required to review code, fix hallucinations, and validate results. despite being an ai proponent and investor, levie warns that this lack of understanding is driving aggressive restructuring based on unproven productivity assumptions, such as clickup's ceo laying off 22% of staff to build a '100x org' managed by ai agents. however, recent studies, including a meta-analysis from uc berkeley, indicate there is currently 'no robust relationship between ai adoption and aggregate productivity gain' in the broader economy.