☯️ AI & The Self: Psychology

🧠 Where does the human end and the algorithm begin? In "AI & The Self," we explore the profound impact of technology on our psychology, identity, and mental health. From digital narcissism to the defense of cognitive liberty—discover how to preserve your true "Self" in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Defend your inner world. 🛡️✨

💊🧠 AI & Cognition: The Dangerous Illusion of Infallibility We have a new oracle in our lives. We ask it complex questions about history, science, and ethics, and it responds instantly, in perfect prose, with unwavering confidence. We nod, accept the answer, and move on. But there is a problem: the oracle is frequently hallucinating. It invents facts, fabricates academic citations, and presents utter nonsense with the authority of an encyclopedia. Yet, studies show we overwhelmingly tend to trust it. We are experiencing the "Placebo Effect of Smart." Just as a sugar pill works because we believe it’s medicine, we accept AI output as truth because we believe the machine is intelligent. We mistake eloquence for accuracy, and confidence for competence.

The Placebo Effect of "Smart": Why We Trust AI Even When It Hallucinates

💊🧠 AI & Cognition: The Dangerous Illusion of Infallibility We have a new oracle in our lives. We ask it complex questions about history, science, and ethics, and it responds instantly, in perfect prose, with unwavering confidence. We nod, accept the answer, and move on. But there is a problem: the oracle is frequently hallucinating. It invents facts, fabricates academic citations, and presents utter nonsense with the authority of an encyclopedia. Yet, studies show we overwh

☯️ AI & The Self: Psychology

👁️‍🗨️🧠 AI & Surveillance: The Breach of the Inner Citadel For centuries, privacy meant walls, curtains, and sealed letters. In the digital age, we slowly traded those physical barriers for convenience, allowing algorithms to track our locations, clicks, and communications. Yet, we always held onto one final sanctuary: our inner world. Our unvoiced thoughts, our fleeting feelings, our true emotional states were ours alone. That sanctuary has been breached. We are entering the era of "Emotion AI" (or Affective Computing). Cameras analyze micro-expressions too fast for the human eye to see. Microphones detect tremors of anxiety in your voice that you thought you hid. Wearable sensors track the sweat on your skin and the rhythm of your heart to decode your mood. AI is no longer just watching what you do; it is calculating how you feel.

The Last Frontier of Privacy: When AI Can Read Your Emotional State

👁️‍🗨️🧠 AI & Surveillance: The Breach of the Inner Citadel For centuries, privacy meant walls, curtains, and sealed letters. In the digital age, we slowly traded those physical barriers for convenience, allowing algorithms to track our locations, clicks, and communications. Yet, we always held onto one final sanctuary: our inner world. Our unvoiced thoughts, our fleeting feelings, our true emotional states were ours alone. That sanctuary has been breached. We are entering t

☯️ AI & The Self: Psychology