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AI and Cognitive-Developmental Progress
Dear Reader, please, after you finish reading this post, do read its sibling post, AI as Cognitive-Developmental Progress Decay. Or, better yet, read…
Jun 1 • 
David Manuel
AI and Cognitive-Developmental Decay
Dear Reader, please, after you finish reading this post, do read its sibling post AI and Cognitive-Developmental Decay Progress. Or, better yet, read…
Jun 1 • 
David Manuel
From co-intelligence to spontaneous AI insight
Could we consider AI outputs based on three levels of human collaboration?
Feb 24 • 
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How come AI gives us information but no insight?
Recursion, forgetting, and long-loop RLHF could help, but at what cost?
Feb 13 • 
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Will AI unlock latent demand for psychotherapy?
A lot more people might get exposure to therapy through an AI
Jun 29, 2024 • 
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Do firearm norms explain the variation in interstate teen suicide deaths?
They clearly matter, but we need a multifactorial explanation centred on capability.
Jun 2, 2024 • 
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The Prevalence Inflation Hypothesis
I recently wrote a post wondering if a feedback loop between reduced stigma and increased reporting might partially explain increases in mental illness…
May 15, 2024 • 
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Why Would Social Media Increase Schizophrenia?
There has been a 67% increase in youth schizophrenia since 2010.
May 15, 2024 • 
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Many Ways to Meliorate
David Manuel is a clinical psychology graduate student at UBC, writing about incremental progress through the intersection of psychology and technology.

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