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Study warns that reducing therapy to automated AI responses risks serious harm to patients.
AI has issues like deceptive empathy, unfair bias, and poor crisis management in therapy settings.
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Learn how to navigate the non-linear stages of loss. Explore expert-backed coping strategies, and learn how to identify the signs of prolonged grief disorder and distinguish grief from depression.
Read moreOnline Reality
Who do we compare ourselves to online?
Shifting away from “perfect” bodies online matters more than we think.
Read morePodcast with Dennis Mckenna: Escaping the "Reality Hallucination": What Psychedelics Actually Teach Us
Dennis McKenna and Mandi Astola explore Terence McKenna, psychedelics, epistemology, shamanism, science, and truth. A deep conversation on insights, skepticism, and the philosophy of consciousness.
Film: Silent Friend
Can plants have consciousness? The film Silent Friend reimagines the science.
The filmmaker behind the newly released movie Silent Friend shares the scientific and historical inspiration for its story of botanical consciousness.
Read morePsychedelics and Major Life Changes
Do psychedelics lead to major life changes? Here are five questions with health behaviorist Nic Carlisle.
Read moreMore Michael Pollan Discussing Consciousness
All of us experience consciousness. We have thoughts and feelings, and we're aware of those acting upon us. It's the hidden internal lens through which we view the world, but why do we have this power, and are we the only ones that do?
Horizons moderator William Brangham explores this defining aspect of being human with Michael Pollan, author of "A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness."
Read moreMichael Pollan Talks About Consciousness and Psychedelics
Sam Harris speaks with Michael Pollan about consciousness, the mind, and the self. T
hey discuss Pollan’s new book, the relationship between consciousness and intelligence, whether consciousness is a product of evolution, the role of psychedelics in consciousness research, AI and the question of machine consciousness, the illusion of the self, and other topics.
Read moreDreams and Daydreams
A new study published in Consciousness and Cognition shows that waking mind wandering is just as densely packed with bizarre elements as dreaming, though the nature of the weirdness differs.
The findings suggest that both states share a similar foundation of spontaneous offline simulation, challenging old ideas about the strict boundaries between sleep and waking consciousness.
Read moreAI Sycophancy
A new study shows what happens when chatbots put comfort over council.
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