become hysterical

“Self-identifying as an empath is a preemptive strategy, signaling to others, “Hey, you know I am hyper-sensitive, so if I over-react and behave like a jerk and become hysterical, if you are feeling manipulated, I am off the hook,’” he said.

“But they become hysterical because that's what's happening, actually. Let's just say it! That's true.”

It felt very much like it could be part of the exhibition, perhaps with a label posing an exploratory question, “How long do you think it would take to become hysterical if you were stuck here?” or, “What would happen to the inside of your head if you had to look at this forever?”

Others have suggested the threat AI poses has been exaggerated and the debate around it has become hysterical - an argument that Google's concession that Bard cannot even be trusted to perform basic search tasks would appear to bolster.

“To assume that women will either behave identically to men or become hysterical, crazy, insane is to perpetuate something we’ve already seen on film so many times before.”