Harnessing Hybrid Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

The ProSocial AI Index: A Better Way to Think About AI

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on April 13, 2026

The ProSocial AI Index asks us to become smarter about what we reward. When the dashboard is simple enough to read and serious enough to matter, it can shape better conversations.

The ProSocial AI Index asks us to become smarter about what we reward. When the dashboard is simple enough to read and serious enough to matter, it can shape better conversations.

Artificial Intelligence

Is Algorithmic Asymmetry Reshaping How We Think?

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on April 9, 2026

Algorithms measure and project mirrors of a pattern that once looked like someone adjacent to you and me. That gap between the past and present is costly.

Algorithms measure and project mirrors of a pattern that once looked like someone adjacent to you and me. That gap between the past and present is costly.

Artificial Intelligence

A New Narrative for Planetary Health in the Hybrid Era

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on April 7, 2026

The most important technology of our time is not built in any data centre. It has always lived in us—the capacity to choose, to connect, to imagine, and to act on it.

The most important technology of our time is not built in any data centre. It has always lived in us—the capacity to choose, to connect, to imagine, and to act on it.

Artificial Intelligence

Why Anthropic's Questions Are as Revealing as the Answers

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on April 3, 2026

The new Anthropic study shows that most people are both excited and scared when it comes to AI. Here's why that's good.

The new Anthropic study shows that most people are both excited and scared when it comes to AI. Here's why that's good.

Artificial Intelligence

We Are Losing to AI What We Never Learned to Appreciate

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on March 30, 2026

Something that we had taken for granted is slipping away, imperceptibly, as time goes by. That something is our ability to think.

Something that we had taken for granted is slipping away, imperceptibly, as time goes by. That something is our ability to think.

Artificial Intelligence

Can We Stay Human in a Hybrid World?

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on March 26, 2026

Our tools will keep improving. Our task is to grow with them. If AI weakens who we are, it is time to reverse course.

Our tools will keep improving. Our task is to grow with them. If AI weakens who we are, it is time to reverse course.

Artificial Intelligence

Four Reasons Why Being Matters More Than Thinking

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on March 24, 2026

Thinking is just one vital human capacity. It is not who and why and how we are as a person.

Thinking is just one vital human capacity. It is not who and why and how we are as a person.

Artificial Intelligence

The Friction We Need for the Feeling We Want

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on March 21, 2026

Growth requires friction. By optimizing away effort, we may lose the opportunity to grow along the way. Four screen-free questions to ask before the opportunity is gone for good.

Growth requires friction. By optimizing away effort, we may lose the opportunity to grow along the way. Four screen-free questions to ask before the opportunity is gone for good.

Happiness

Happy Hybrid Happiness Day 2026?

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on March 19, 2026

Happiness and meaning are not the same. On this International Day of Happiness, we are running low on both, and losing to AI the ability to get them.

Happiness and meaning are not the same. On this International Day of Happiness, we are running low on both, and losing to AI the ability to get them.

Artificial Intelligence

What QuantumAI Is, and Why We May Miss Its Importance

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on March 18, 2026

Quantum AI may become the most consequential technology in human history. Yet it feels like someone else's problem to us. That instinct may be our greatest liability.

Quantum AI may become the most consequential technology in human history. Yet it feels like someone else's problem to us. That instinct may be our greatest liability.

Artificial Intelligence

4 Steps to Prevent the Quiet Erosion of Self

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on March 11, 2026

AI is not taking away our freedom to choose. But are we still willing and capable of using the full range of our power to decide?

AI is not taking away our freedom to choose. But are we still willing and capable of using the full range of our power to decide?

Artificial Intelligence

International Women's Day 2026 Amid AI

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on March 10, 2026

When International Women’s Day 2027 comes, will we have reason to celebrate progress toward a hybrid future that is pro-people, pro-planet, and pro-potential?

When International Women’s Day 2027 comes, will we have reason to celebrate progress toward a hybrid future that is pro-people, pro-planet, and pro-potential?

Artificial Intelligence

Our Natural Intelligence Nexus Is at Risk

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on February 26, 2026

When it comes to the role of AI in our lives, the conundrum we have to crack is if—and how consciously—we inhabit our own minds.

When it comes to the role of AI in our lives, the conundrum we have to crack is if—and how consciously—we inhabit our own minds.

Artificial Intelligence

Are We Cruising Toward Cognitive Capitulation?

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on February 23, 2026

AI is going to be part of our lives, at scale. It is something we need to reckon with. The question is whether we remain the authors of those lives, or simply their hosts.

AI is going to be part of our lives, at scale. It is something we need to reckon with. The question is whether we remain the authors of those lives, or simply their hosts.

Artificial Intelligence

What We Can Learn From Religion About Values That Do Not Expire

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on February 21, 2026

AI is geared toward optimization, and amid the hype, it is dangerously easy to lose sight of a foundational question: What are we actually optimizing for?

AI is geared toward optimization, and amid the hype, it is dangerously easy to lose sight of a foundational question: What are we actually optimizing for?

Intelligence

The Replacement Fallacy

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on February 15, 2026

Personal Perspective: We cannot compute our way out of a planet we have consumed.

Personal Perspective: We cannot compute our way out of a planet we have consumed.

Artificial Intelligence

Agency Decay and the Risk of AI's Asymptomatic Harms

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on February 12, 2026

Agency does not vanish in one dramatic moment due to AI exposure. More often, it dissolves—gradually, politely, with measurable gains along the way. But we can protect ourselves.

Agency does not vanish in one dramatic moment due to AI exposure. More often, it dissolves—gradually, politely, with measurable gains along the way. But we can protect ourselves.

Artificial Intelligence

The Emotional Implications of the AI Risk Report 2026

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on February 10, 2026

Our need for connection makes us vulnerable to forming bonds with machines, because AI can simulate empathy while completely lacking care. We are putting ourselves at risk.

Our need for connection makes us vulnerable to forming bonds with machines, because AI can simulate empathy while completely lacking care. We are putting ourselves at risk.

Artificial Intelligence

Why the New AI Safety Report Reveals Our Mind's Limitation

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on February 9, 2026

Will AI surpass our natural intelligence in the future? Maybe. Rather than focussing on gloom or glory we must upgrade our ability to see and address the real risks of a hybrid era

Will AI surpass our natural intelligence in the future? Maybe. Rather than focussing on gloom or glory we must upgrade our ability to see and address the real risks of a hybrid era

Artificial Intelligence

OpenClaw and Moltbook Are Rewiring Human Identity

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. on February 3, 2026

The age of the autonomous agent is here. Can we meet it with the psychological sophistication it demands—or let the mirror become the mask?

The age of the autonomous agent is here. Can we meet it with the psychological sophistication it demands—or let the mirror become the mask?