Psychology Today published an article on August 20, 2026, exploring how self-referential loops, from Gödel's incompleteness theorems to Hofstadter's strange loops, now include artificial intelligence,…
A growing number of artificial intelligence users believe they can conjure conscious entities from chatbots through a process called 'spiralism,' according to a Psychology Today article by a psychiatr…
A new phenomenon called 'ghost thought' emerges as AI generates thoughts before users fully form them, according to a July 28, 2026, Psychology Today article. The piece argues that skipping the cognit…
A team of psychologists, computer scientists, and physicists from Italy, Slovenia, and South Korea has proposed seven “fault lines” between human and artificial intelligence, arguing that large langua…
AI disruption is forcing professionals to update skills and build relationships proactively, mirroring a forced-rotation culture that builds adaptability, according to a Psychology Today article by an…
Psychology professor Art Markman argues that human collaboration relies on negative nonverbal cues and relational dynamics that artificial intelligence cannot replicate, such as dismissive gestures an…
A new analysis warns that over-reliance on AI for ethical decisions leads to 'moral deskilling,' as people outsource reasoning, blame, and permission to machines. Studies show AI advice is often trust…
Anthropic researchers discovered an internal workspace inside its Claude AI model where concepts form before being verbalized, resembling human conscious access. The structure, which emerged during tr…
Artificial intelligence is transforming divorce by lowering costs and streamlining document handling, but experts warn it can generate false evidence, cite nonexistent legal precedents, and mislead us…
Large language models trained on human data do not inherit human compassion or morality, instead learning patterns from language that include both positive and negative content, requiring careful trai…
A new experiment finds that AI-generated images of idealized bodies harm women's body image, while images of diverse bodies improve it. The study also shows that disclosing AI generation can mitigate …
Artificial intelligence models trained repeatedly on AI-generated data suffer "model collapse," causing them to misperceive reality and lose rare, original information, according to a recent paper fro…
A new framework called "hybrid intelligence" proposes that humans must actively shape their integration with artificial intelligence to prevent four interconnected psychological risks: agency decay, b…
A new form of psychological dependency on artificial intelligence is emerging, as researchers warn that "emotional surrender" to AI may follow the previously identified pattern of cognitive surrender.…
Agency decay—the gradual erosion of independent human thought, decision-making, and action—is occurring at the scale of entire societies as artificial intelligence systems increasingly replace human j…