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AI is your first tab
ChatGPT opens before email, before your calendar, before anything. You can't start the day without checking in.
5 quick questions. If you can't make a decision without asking ChatGPT first, feel actual stress when Claude is down, or your brain just stops working without AI backup—that pattern has a name.
Not a checklist to panic over. Just patterns worth recognizing.
Behavioral dependency framework adapted for AI. Enter your email to get your result.
This test is scored—each answer counts toward your result. A quiz just checks knowledge. Here, we're measuring behavioral patterns and dependency signals. That difference matters. Your score reflects where you actually are, not what you know.
Your risk level (Low, Moderate, High)
Your numerical score
Next steps for your level
⚠ Medical Disclaimer
This assessment is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not a medical device, clinical diagnostic tool, or substitute for professional mental health evaluation. Results do not constitute a diagnosis of any behavioral or psychological condition.
If you are experiencing symptoms of anxiety, depression, or other mental health concerns—including those related to AI use—please consult a licensed mental health professional. This tool does not establish a patient-provider relationship and is not intended to replace professional clinical judgment.
Crisis resources: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 (call or text) · Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741 · Psychology Today Therapist Directory: psychologytoday.com
"I thought I was the only one who felt this way about a chatbot. Seeing my score and understanding why it happened—that the addiction is by design—changed how I think about my situation."
Alex, 22
"My score said Moderate, and I thought 'that's not me.' But I looked at my screen time and realized I'm spending 2+ hours daily on ChatGPT. That was a wake-up call without being alarmist."
Jordan, 34
"Got a Low Risk score. I use Claude for work and ChatGPT for learning, but I'm not thinking about them outside of those contexts. The test helped me confirm I'm in a healthy place."
Samir, 28
Heavy use becomes dependency when you lose the ability to function without it. If you can put AI down for a day and work fine—probably just heavy use. If the thought of that creates real anxiety, that's the line you're looking for.
Not formally, yet. But an MIT Media Lab study found heavy ChatGPT use correlated with increased loneliness and reduced social interaction. The behavioral patterns are real and documented—the clinical label is still catching up.
No. The goal is a working relationship with AI tools—one where you're the decision-maker and AI is the accelerant. Scoring 1–3 means your patterns are within healthy range. 4–7 means some patterns are worth watching. 8+ means there's real dependency worth addressing. Nobody's asking you to go off-grid.
Phones give you dopamine through social feedback loops. AI dependency often involves something deeper—outsourcing your judgment, your decisions, sometimes your sense of self. It's less about time-on-screen and more about cognitive reliance.
This assessment focuses on tool-based AI use—ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot. If your concern is about emotional or romantic attachment to AI companions like Character.AI or Replika, see amiaddictedtochatbots.com.
This isn't a diagnosis—it's a pattern check. The questions are based on established behavioral dependency frameworks adapted for AI use. Use it as a starting point, not an endpoint.
Traditional addiction frameworks weren't built for AI. They don't account for cognitive outsourcing—where you've stopped trusting your own judgment—or withdrawal anxiety from a productivity tool going down for two hours.
We started documenting these patterns when 523+ people came to us asking questions that existing frameworks couldn't answer. This assessment came from that.
It's not therapy. It's a pattern check. What you do with the result is up to you.
For structured support, visit theaiaddictioncenter.com.
This assessment is grounded in peer-reviewed research on AI dependency, digital behavioral psychology, and human-AI attachment. We cite primary academic and journalistic sources only.