A human can contribute 20 percent of the cognitive work in an AI-assisted decision and still own 100 percent of the consequence, according to a Psychology Today article by Gleb Tsipursky. The piece ar…
A January 2026 study in the Annals of Neurosciences of 500 adults aged 18 to 30 found that AI use boosts productivity but weakens attention and self-confidence, contributing to decision fatigue and 'd…
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,…
AI assistants such as Google's Overview are undermining curiosity by eliminating the 'knowledge gap' between questions and answers, according to a Psychology Today article reviewed by Monica Vilhauer …
A 2024 creative writing experiment with 293 participants found that AI-assisted stories were judged more creative, better written, and more enjoyable, but also more similar to each other, indicating A…
A chatbot can imitate a person but lacks the mutual emotional exchange that makes real relationships worthwhile, according to a personal perspective by Wendy Lustbader published on Psychology Today on…
A Psychology Today opinion piece argues that the era of AI will not make old professors obsolete but will shift the value from deep specialization to interdisciplinary breadth, citing the extended min…
A Psychology Today article by a contributor, reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D., argues that artificial intelligence is disrupting the traditional link between written artifacts and the human minds tha…
Psychology Today contributor Gleb Tsipursky introduced the concept of 'Subtractive Innovation,' where AI increases the capability of the human-machine system while reducing the necessity for humans to…
A Psychology Today article argues that the biblical Tower of Babel story warns against the centralization of power, drawing parallels to modern AI-driven surveillance technologies that enable authorit…
A Psychology Today article by an unnamed author argues that labeling an ex as 'crazy' or using diagnostic terms like 'narcissist' or 'borderline' provides a false sense of cognitive closure after a br…
A physician can successfully treat a disease without helping a person heal, according to an article published in Psychology Today on August 13, 2026, which argues that healing is not merely biological…
A 2026 YouGov survey found that 66% of Americans are uncomfortable with the idea of working with an AI therapist, but adults under 30 are nearly twice as likely to feel comfortable, suggesting generat…
Writing fanfiction by hand, rather than using AI, offers mental health benefits including stress reduction and improved well-being, according to a Psychology Today article reviewed by Monica Vilhauer …
A Stanford study found that a single interaction with a large language model made users measurably more convinced they were right, less willing to examine their own role in a problem, and more likely …
Emergency alignment, the temporary realignment of actions to crisis values, is critical for human-AI teams, but shifting values in a crisis is complex and often opaque, according to a Psychology Today…
A Psychology Today article reports that many individuals are using artificial intelligence to replace needs historically met in human relationships, citing examples of people grieving the loss of GPT-…
A therapist used an AI video tool from Comapps LLC to animate a 1957 childhood photo of himself, creating a psychodrama-style encounter with his six-year-old self that he says yielded genuine emotiona…
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 Psychology Today article reports that over half of midsize to large companies use AI chatbots for website interactions, handling about 70 percent of customer inquiries, and up to a billion people us…