Big AI companies may already know much more about you than you’re comfortable with, even if you’ve never used their services.
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Can AI-human connections ever meet the psychological criteria of attachment – the relationships that hold people’s lives together?
People might feel more comfortable making mistakes if they’re interacting with AI chatbots. But they will miss the nuances that come from conversing with real people.
Canadians are turning to AI mental health chatbots for support. But what if the bot agrees with the beliefs that are keeping you unwell?
Ideally, experts should guide this debate. Unfortunately, they disagree too.
We need to stop worrying about intelligent machines and start building intelligent societies.
Virtually trying on clothes could persuade more people to experiment with renting clothes.
Research on language processing fluency can help us become aware of our psychological tendencies, and how to use them more productively with gen AI chatbots.
There’s no single giveaway. But there are patterns.
Chatbots are becoming commonplace in teens’ lives, but these tools were never developed or validated for mental health support.
It’s almost impossible to get an online complaint resolved. Enter the chatbot.
Two researchers navigate the mind-boggling and often sinister, parallel universe that is known as the digital afterlife industry and chatbots specifically designed to help people grieve.
Anyone can now build an app by describing an idea to AI. But software that appears to work isn’t always secure, reliable or ready for real-world use.
Chatbots that relieve loneliness have a major downside, and we must safeguard against it.
The one-sidedness of human-AI relationships is a problem. There’s a lot we can receive from an AI companion; there is less we can give.
Anthropic says there is something lurking inside Claude that looks a lot like the ‘global workspace’ one influential theory of consciousness depends on.
The higher the stakes and the more specific the questions, the more likely AI will stumble on personal finance advice.
AI literacy should help students recognize simulated care, not make simulated care a normal part of schooling.
If AI is not designed properly, inequalities can reappear in new, digital forms.
AI-powered translation tools are certainly impressive. But there is an important frontier for translation technology, one AI might never be able to breach: the poem.
Top contributors
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Senior Research Scientist at the Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO
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Principal Research Scientist, Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO
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Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia
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Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
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Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Marketing, Keele University
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Associate professor, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University
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Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor in Information and Communication Technology Policy, Concordia University
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Adjunct professor, Carleton University
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Assistant Professor in Health Ethics, Simon Fraser University
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Research Fellow, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University