Touched by a bot? Chatbots don't have real emotions, yet somehow, they can so easily provoke ours.
On this episode, the psychological effects of artificial intelligence.
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I worked so, so hard on this piece:
It's about OpenAI bringing back erotica, what's been going on with users' mental health, and how it all relates to making AI go well.
๐ข Preprint!
"๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐: ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป-๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐"
After 2 years of questioning, I identify AI's two main pathways threatening cognitive agency.
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๐ฅI'll be presenting the core ideas from this paper tomorrow at the 4S Conference in Seattle @4sWeb. Find me at the open panel "c(AI)borg manyfesto: reverberating futures of augmentation and humanity." 8:30am-10:30am Cedar A [17/n]
I'm on the faculty job market this year๐ - please connect if you're interested in my research on AI governance, human rights, and the intersection of technology, human agency, and policy. [18/18]
Also, got great feedback from participants at the Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference @yaleisp (both 2024 and 2025) @MasonMarksMD, Erin Miller; Privacy Law Scholars Conference (2024-Europe and 2025-US) @rcalo, @MarijnSax, Mark Blitz, Tao Huang @HideyukiMATSUMI [15/n]