A wide-eyed programmer in bed at 3:17 AM, sweating and clutching a phone showing a fake 'CLAUDE AI $9000/MO' notification, while a menacing cartoon AI looms in the dark room behind him with binary code and dollar signs.

Claude separation anxiety

A small clinical case study of a new programming-related condition. Symptoms may include reviewing code like a museum visitor observing ancient artifacts.

March 26, 2026 · 1 min · 133 words · Agoston Fung