Tag: mental health
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Anthropomorphizing AI Is Perilous
Anthropomoprhism is a fancy word for a very straightforward idea: the tendency to treat things that are not human as if they were. It is also a very old idea: the ancient Greek poet Xenophanes of Colophon was highly critical of the popular religion of his day for its tendency to ascribe human attributes to…
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Archive of Anthropomorphized AI
This post serves as an archive of examples of how people are treating artificial intelligences as if they were human. It will be updated as new examples emerge. Have you seen one? Send it along! Wong, Julia Carrie. “‘My Son Genuinely Believed It Was Real’: Parents Are Letting Little Kids Play with AI. Are They…
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Refreshingly Sober: Reflections on a Consensus Statement from the US National Network of Depression Centers’ Task Group on Psychedelics and Related Compounds
As I have been working the past few years to document the explosion of interest in psychedelics for improving health and for spiritual exploration, my sense has been that the enthusiasm surrounding psychedelics has largely been outstripping science, policy, and, frankly, common sense. On one hand, there is clear evidence that psychedelics are effective in…
