AI & the Human Mind
Prof. Pilyoung Kim | Director, Center for the Brain, AI, and Child
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Summary: Finding the Optimal Human-AI Relationship (opens the original)
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In Part 4 of Deep Thriving in the Age of AI, I reviewed the social roles AI now plays, why it can feel like talking to another person, what the benefits and risks look like, and then we worked through a practice together.AI plays several social roles at onceIt is normal and typical that AI plays multiple roles in your life now. Assistant, collaborator, coach or tutor, supervisor, companion or friend, romantic partner, and for a meaningful number of people, therapist.<p
We Know AI Is Flattering Us. It Still Influences Us. (opens the original)
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AI Companionship Does Not Replace Human Connection (opens the original)
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Summary: How Can We Become More, not Less, Creative in the Age of AI? (opens the original)
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Creativity is one of the topics that comes up the most in research on AI, and it is also one of the most mixed. AI can influence our creativity positively or negatively.What seems to be coming out clearly now, across quite a bit of research, is that whether AI helps or hurts our creativity critically depends on how we are using it.So in Part 3 of Deep Thriving in the Age of AI, I shared what the psychology literature suggests, and then we worked through a practice together.Cre
What It Takes to Keep Thinking for Yourself While Using AI (opens the original)
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