Are we going to pay AGI for its efforts to help humanity? getty In today’s column, I examine a highly controversial contention that AI and especially artificial general intelligence (AGI) will want to get paid for its services. Yes, that’s right, the provocative argument being made is that advanced AI will insist that it ought…
Figuring out what the public thinks of mental health therapists who are choosing to use AI in their practice. getty In today’s column, I examine the likely public perception of mental health therapists who opt to make use of AI in their practices. The deal is this. Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are…
ChatGPT Study Mode has spurred interest in leveraging custom instructions, so perhaps the same can be done for the mental health domain. getty In today’s column, I first examine the new ChatGPT Study Mode that has gotten big-time headline news and then delve into whether the crafting of this generative AI capability could be similarly…
Psychology is aiming to develop a unified theory of cognition, and the hope is that generative AI and LLMs could serve as a suitable model. getty In today’s column, I examine the ongoing pursuit by psychology to devise a unified theory of cognition. The deal is this. There have been numerous attempts that have been…
AI makers are facing a potential looming debacle if their generic generative AI and LLMs are construed as providing therapy or psychotherapy. getty In today’s column, I examine a seemingly straightforward question that asks whether contemporary generic generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are said to be providing therapy and psychotherapeutic advice. The deal…
AI makers that allow their AI to dispense mental health advice, and all mental health professionals that opt to leverage AI, need to know the ins and outs of the new AI mental health law enacted in Illinois. getty In today’s column, I examine the newly enacted law on AI for mental health that was…
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…
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…