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I Told the Bot, Not My Therapist

When emotional support moves from therapist to chatbot, what happens to judgment and human connection?

When emotional support moves from therapist to chatbot, what happens to judgment and human connection?

Our Natural Intelligence Nexus Is at Risk

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.

AI, GLP-1s, and the Fear of Lazy Shortcuts

Personal Perspective: Serena Williams' recent Super Bowl ad indicates that she uses GLP-1s. Millions of people use AI. Are we all taking shortcuts—or redefining what effort and grit look like today?

Personal Perspective: Serena Williams' recent Super Bowl ad indicates that she uses GLP-1s. Millions of people use AI. Are we all taking shortcuts—or redefining what effort and grit look like today?

An AI Voice Is Not a Mind

Personal Perspective: AI doesn’t think. It performs the voice of thinking.

Personal Perspective: AI doesn’t think. It performs the voice of thinking.

Debugging Overconfidence: Is AI Too Sure of Itself?

AI doesn’t just simulate human thinking and language—it mimics our cognitive biases too. Overconfidence is one of the most powerful and overlooked issues.

AI doesn’t just simulate human thinking and language—it mimics our cognitive biases too. Overconfidence is one of the most powerful and overlooked issues.

AI in HR? Yes—but Humans Should Hire Humans

AI has its role in human resources. But we need to be careful when it comes to hiring people, and not discount the uniquely human process that finding talent entails.

AI has its role in human resources. But we need to be careful when it comes to hiring people, and not discount the uniquely human process that finding talent entails.

Rewired: How the Digital World Reshapes the Human Brain

Digital engagement is neither inherently benign nor uniformly harmful among young people. Later in life, it can fortify specific cognitive skills through intentional practice.

Digital engagement is neither inherently benign nor uniformly harmful among young people. Later in life, it can fortify specific cognitive skills through intentional practice.

We’re Measuring AI on the Wrong Ruler

The problem is that we assume artificial intelligence and human thought belong on the same scale.

The problem is that we assume artificial intelligence and human thought belong on the same scale.

Our Fears and Hopes for AI Medicine

We've been speculating about AI in Medicine for decades. Now that it's here, we have some hopes and fears.

We've been speculating about AI in Medicine for decades. Now that it's here, we have some hopes and fears.

Are We Cruising Toward Cognitive Capitulation?

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.

Diagnosing Schizophrenia With Machine Learning

Machine learning can predict many things, but can it predict who will develop schizophrenia years before the average diagnosis time?

Machine learning can predict many things, but can it predict who will develop schizophrenia years before the average diagnosis time?

Could AI Hijack the Human Psyche?

Is humanity at a crossroads, potentially in the crosshairs of malign AI? We may not know, but best not to ignore the possibilities.

Is humanity at a crossroads, potentially in the crosshairs of malign AI? We may not know, but best not to ignore the possibilities.

The Risks of Replacing Human Subjects With NPCs

We’ve blown past the Turing test, but "indistinguishable" isn’t "equivalent." Psychology must continue to learn from people, and there is still a great deal to learn.

We’ve blown past the Turing test, but "indistinguishable" isn’t "equivalent." Psychology must continue to learn from people, and there is still a great deal to learn.

Why Are Clients Turning to AI for Mental Health?

People who have been in therapy are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support, and it's important to explore what this means about clinicians and therapy.

People who have been in therapy are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support, and it's important to explore what this means about clinicians and therapy.

AI Can Help Solve the Reading Achievement Gap

The reading achievement gap affects us all through heavy special education spending and societal problems. AI can have a transformational impact on these endemic issues.

The reading achievement gap affects us all through heavy special education spending and societal problems. AI can have a transformational impact on these endemic issues.

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

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?

Who Is Your Teen Talking To?

Teens are using AI companions for emotional support. Learn why adolescents are at risk for this false intimacy and what parents can do to protect them from it.

Teens are using AI companions for emotional support. Learn why adolescents are at risk for this false intimacy and what parents can do to protect them from it.

When AI Becomes More You Than You

When AI speaks for us, it may speak in a voice we don't recognize.

When AI speaks for us, it may speak in a voice we don't recognize.

Are You Obsolete?

No one is immune to AI. Ask yourself a hard question: What is it that you do that AI will not be able to do in the foreseeable future?

No one is immune to AI. Ask yourself a hard question: What is it that you do that AI will not be able to do in the foreseeable future?

How AI Is Rewiring Winemaking and Wine Collecting

According to recent research on artificial intelligence in the wine industry, the future of wine production is beginning to change.

According to recent research on artificial intelligence in the wine industry, the future of wine production is beginning to change.

Accomplishment Hallucination: When the Tool Uses You

Dancing with the ultmate "Yes-Man" can be a heady experience. But if you aren't careful, you can head for disaster when you use a tool which can use you back.

Dancing with the ultmate "Yes-Man" can be a heady experience. But if you aren't careful, you can head for disaster when you use a tool which can use you back.

How to Resist Losing a Bit of “Me” in the Era of LLMs

Nowdays, a day goes without AI. LLM was developed modeling brain, thus there is a potential to learn about oursevles and our brain, backwords from AI. Here is how.

Nowdays, a day goes without AI. LLM was developed modeling brain, thus there is a potential to learn about oursevles and our brain, backwords from AI. Here is how.

Leading Through the AI Shift

You won’t know everything about AI. Neither will your team. What matters is creating an environment where people feel safe to ask questions, test ideas, and learn together.

You won’t know everything about AI. Neither will your team. What matters is creating an environment where people feel safe to ask questions, test ideas, and learn together.

The Next Generation Luddite

AI isn’t the threat in education, it's our failure to define human thinking actually is.

AI isn’t the threat in education, it's our failure to define human thinking actually is.

Are You My Mother? Artificial Intelligence for Children

When machines talk back, children may not hear code—they hear care. As AI grows more human, we must ask who is shaping our children’s emotional world, and how to protect them.

When machines talk back, children may not hear code—they hear care. As AI grows more human, we must ask who is shaping our children’s emotional world, and how to protect them.

Caring for the Soul in an Age of Artificial Intelligence

AI may reshape the world. As it does, the human soul will need non-anxious guides who meet them with respect, awe, and reverence amid a tsunami of uncertainty.

AI may reshape the world. As it does, the human soul will need non-anxious guides who meet them with respect, awe, and reverence amid a tsunami of uncertainty.

The Hidden Risk of Drift in Prolonged AI Conversations

Prolonged conversations with AI chatbots can start to break down the safety guardrails. Here's how to watch for warning signs.

Prolonged conversations with AI chatbots can start to break down the safety guardrails. Here's how to watch for warning signs.

Next Gen AI Lovers May Be Safer, But Still Risky

Here's how a quiet hardware revolution is solving the intimacy-surveillance paradox and creating a safe harbor for relationships with AI, using new models and edge AI hardware.

Here's how a quiet hardware revolution is solving the intimacy-surveillance paradox and creating a safe harbor for relationships with AI, using new models and edge AI hardware.

Millions of People Are Turning to ChatGPT With Suicidal Thoughts

There is a gap between the AI virtual world and our clinical reality as health professionals. How should we deal with this new situation?

There is a gap between the AI virtual world and our clinical reality as health professionals. How should we deal with this new situation?

AI Spots Brain Disorders in Seconds From Scans

A University of Michigan AI model diagnoses more than 50 brain disorders from MRI scans in seconds, with up to 97.5 percent accuracy.

A University of Michigan AI model diagnoses more than 50 brain disorders from MRI scans in seconds, with up to 97.5 percent accuracy.