AI companions are being paired with AI for mental health therapy, which raises lots of very serious questions. getty In today’s column, I examine the newly emerging concern that AI companions are likely to be combined with elements of AI for mental health, which disconcertingly bodes for potentially improper and inappropriate mental health guidance by…
Medical school grads are aiming for psychiatry which might seem questionable due to AI taking on mental health guidance. getty In today’s column, I examine the latest headline news that medical school grads are avidly pursuing psychiatry as their career pathway, which seems somewhat contradictory to ongoing pronouncements that AI is going to take over…
Learning about generative AI, prompting, and other aspects via exploring custom instructions. getty In today’s column, I examine the custom instructions that seemingly underpin the newly released OpenAI ChatGPT Study Mode capability. Fascinating insights arise. One key perspective involves revealing the prompt engineering precepts and cleverness that can be leveraged in the daily task of…
Generative AI will readily tell you that you are perfect just the way you are, which can be encouraging, though might also be overboard. getty In today’s column, I describe how generative AI and large language models (LLMs) can go overboard in their willingness to flatter users and instill intense loyalty to using AI. This…
Will a ban on access to AGI and ASI be sufficient to keep bad actors from using AI for criminal … More acts? getty In today’s column, I examine the ardent belief that evildoers and other bad actors will need to be banned from using artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial superintelligence (ASI). The reason…
President Trump included a seemingly ad hoc remark during his AI Summit speech about whether the AI … More phrase might need an upgrade. Getty Images In today’s column, I explore the ongoing saga of how the moniker “artificial intelligence” has been received over its approximately seventy-year history, including a recent offhand remark made by…