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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…

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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 • 

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February 2025

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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June 2024

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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May 2024

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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Improvising with Generative AI

What happens when the machine Yes-Ands you back

May 4, 2024 • 

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