Does your CEO have AI psychosis? Aaron Levie thinks most of them do.

Box founder Aaron Levie has a name for what's happening in boardrooms right now: AI psychosis. He's calling out executives who are convinced AI can replace entire roles, despite having little understanding of what those jobs actually entail.

The timing couldn't be more relevant. ClickUp recently slashed 22% of its workforce, explicitly replacing people with AI agents. And we're only in May, but tech layoffs in 2026 are already nearly matching the entire year of 2025.

Levie's point cuts to the heart of a dangerous pattern. The further you are from the actual work, the easier it looks to automate. CEOs see tasks and tickets, not the judgment calls, context switching, and institutional knowledge that make someone effective.

This matters if you're using AI in your work right now. The gap between what AI can do and what leadership thinks it can do is creating real risk. Companies are making irreversible staffing decisions based on optimistic demos rather than production reality.

The term 'AI psychosis' might sound dramatic, but it captures something real. There's a disconnect between the people deploying AI at scale and the people who understand the work being automated. That gap has consequences, and we're watching them play out in real time.