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Boost Work Success: Psychology Can Enhance the Power of AI

Success with artificial intelligence isn’t just about tools, it’s about how we think. The four human skills every employee needs to thrive in an AI-powered workplace.

Success with artificial intelligence isn’t just about tools, it’s about how we think. The four human skills every employee needs to thrive in an AI-powered workplace.

AI and BCI Transform Thoughts to Speech in Near Real-Time

An AI-powered brain-computer interface (BCI) solution translates brain activity into synthesized speech at nearly real-time speed.

An AI-powered brain-computer interface (BCI) solution translates brain activity into synthesized speech at nearly real-time speed.

Are You at Risk of Developing Feelings for Your Chatbot?

To navigate the growing presence of AI in our lives without falling into the trap of anthropomorphism, here are four practical takeaways to reframe our interactions with AI.

To navigate the growing presence of AI in our lives without falling into the trap of anthropomorphism, here are four practical takeaways to reframe our interactions with AI.

AI and the Probabilistic Self

LLMs reveal a deeper truth that, like them, we collapse into context. But unlike them, we choose meaning over probability to become who we are.

LLMs reveal a deeper truth that, like them, we collapse into context. But unlike them, we choose meaning over probability to become who we are.

The Dishonest Job Application

Most people lie daily, including on job applications. Detecting a lie is critical for recruiters.

Most people lie daily, including on job applications. Detecting a lie is critical for recruiters.

The Freedom to Be Human in the Age of Algorithms

Technology silently shapes our choices—but mindfulness, awareness, and embracing serendipity can help us reclaim our human essence.

Technology silently shapes our choices—but mindfulness, awareness, and embracing serendipity can help us reclaim our human essence.

Can (or Should) AI Lead a Nation?

If trust in human institutions is fragile, what happens when governance is fully automated and devoid of human oversight? Can AI be more neutral than the humans who create it?

If trust in human institutions is fragile, what happens when governance is fully automated and devoid of human oversight? Can AI be more neutral than the humans who create it?

Opening Ourselves to Ourselves

How embracing all our experiences—even the ugly ones—can unlock insight, freedom, and true resilience in the face of life's vicissitudes.

How embracing all our experiences—even the ugly ones—can unlock insight, freedom, and true resilience in the face of life's vicissitudes.

The One-Dimensional Human in the Hyperdimensional Age

Personal Perspective: What if the greatest threat to human intelligence isn’t AI, but the contrast it casts?

Personal Perspective: What if the greatest threat to human intelligence isn’t AI, but the contrast it casts?

Is AI a Treasure Chest or Pandora's Box?

AI presents us with opportunities and opens the door to disaster. To unlock its benefits while minimizing the risks, we must guide its development with a sense of agency.

AI presents us with opportunities and opens the door to disaster. To unlock its benefits while minimizing the risks, we must guide its development with a sense of agency.

The Attraction and Potential Hazards of AI Lovers

Trends suggest that AI lovers aren’t just novel but here to stay, and are poised to impact humanity in a variety of ways.

Trends suggest that AI lovers aren’t just novel but here to stay, and are poised to impact humanity in a variety of ways.

AI and the Memetic Spiral

AI mirrors our desires, pulling us into a spiral of imitation and blame—until we realize the real power lies in how we choose to see and use the mimic.

AI mirrors our desires, pulling us into a spiral of imitation and blame—until we realize the real power lies in how we choose to see and use the mimic.

Where Behaviorism Meets Bloom: Modern Classroom Learning

Forget vague ideals. See how Bloom and Skinner help educators measure learning through observable behaviors, practical classroom tasks, and timely feedback.

Forget vague ideals. See how Bloom and Skinner help educators measure learning through observable behaviors, practical classroom tasks, and timely feedback.

5 Questions to Ask Before Saying “You’re Fired”

Always consider an employee’s dignity before letting them go.

Always consider an employee’s dignity before letting them go.

LLMs, Quantum Physics, and the Language of the Unthinkable

Like past innovations, LLMs are sparking a new sense of curiosity and wonder—and it is affecting our language.

Like past innovations, LLMs are sparking a new sense of curiosity and wonder—and it is affecting our language.

When Your AI Assistant Is Much Smarter Than You

As AI eclipses us, what becomes of our intellect’s purpose and accountability?

As AI eclipses us, what becomes of our intellect’s purpose and accountability?

Primary Care In Crisis: A Physician's Take on Reform

Our current healthcare delivery system is broken. We need to think outside of the box to find solutions to this crisis.

Our current healthcare delivery system is broken. We need to think outside of the box to find solutions to this crisis.

AI Beat the Turing Test by Being a Better Human

GPT-4.5 fooled most humans in a recent Turing Test, showing we may prefer AI’s fake empathy to real humanity.

GPT-4.5 fooled most humans in a recent Turing Test, showing we may prefer AI’s fake empathy to real humanity.

AI Chatbots: Authentic Connection or Emotional Crutch?

Recent research on the emotional use of AI chatbots reveals that for a subgroup of "heavy users," it can be associated with reduced well-being. Here's why.

Recent research on the emotional use of AI chatbots reveals that for a subgroup of "heavy users," it can be associated with reduced well-being. Here's why.

The Decline of the Expert?

AI is putting expert knowledge at your fingertips—so now what? Explore how this powerful shift is changing the way we think, make decisions, and connect with real experts.

AI is putting expert knowledge at your fingertips—so now what? Explore how this powerful shift is changing the way we think, make decisions, and connect with real experts.

AI and the Flipbook of Thought

AI’s speed creates a fluent illusion of thought, tricking us into sensing a mind.

AI’s speed creates a fluent illusion of thought, tricking us into sensing a mind.

The Fluid Architecture of Cognitive Possibility

LLMs don’t think—they surf a fluid, alien geometry of possibility, crafting coherence without consciousness.

LLMs don’t think—they surf a fluid, alien geometry of possibility, crafting coherence without consciousness.

Why You Should Thank Your Chatbot

Leaving aside the practical benefit of more professional outputs to our prompts, the habit of polite prompting (PP) our AI helps us curate the mindset we want to live with.

Leaving aside the practical benefit of more professional outputs to our prompts, the habit of polite prompting (PP) our AI helps us curate the mindset we want to live with.

AI Is Reshaping Workers as Well as Work

Artificial intelligence is transforming the human experience in the manufacturing sector.

Artificial intelligence is transforming the human experience in the manufacturing sector.

Digital Nostalgia: Why AI Ghibli Art Goes Viral

Why are AI-generated Ghibli-style images taking over social media? There's psychology behind their viral appeal.

Why are AI-generated Ghibli-style images taking over social media? There's psychology behind their viral appeal.

Study Finds AI Chatbot Can Improve Mental Health

Study finds AI chatbot significantly improve symptoms for those suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and eating disorders in just two months.

Study finds AI chatbot significantly improve symptoms for those suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and eating disorders in just two months.

What Is an Apple in 12,288 Dimensions?

In an LLM, an apple isn’t a fruit—it’s a position in 12,288-dimensional space, waiting to become meaning the moment you ask for it.

In an LLM, an apple isn’t a fruit—it’s a position in 12,288-dimensional space, waiting to become meaning the moment you ask for it.

AI ChatBot Therapy: Hype, Hope, Risk?

Curious about chatbot therapy? Discover how AI is reshaping mental health care, offering new hope and accessibility, while navigating its challenges.

Curious about chatbot therapy? Discover how AI is reshaping mental health care, offering new hope and accessibility, while navigating its challenges.

The Cognitive Covenant—Partnering With AI on Human Terms

AI doesn't demand our surrender, it invites our authorship.

AI doesn't demand our surrender, it invites our authorship.

4 Questions to Shape Your Relationship With AI

As you move into a future alongside AI, you need to deliberately design your relationship with it. Here are four questions to help you define AI's role and boundaries in your life.

As you move into a future alongside AI, you need to deliberately design your relationship with it. Here are four questions to help you define AI's role and boundaries in your life.