Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
2 hours agoWhy tech bros are so worried about AI having bad taste
Tech professionals emphasize the importance of 'taste' in an AI-driven world, fearing technology may diminish human judgment and creativity.
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Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 days agoWhat to Know About AI and Campus Mental Health (opinion)
Students increasingly rely on AI for mental health support, raising concerns about its effectiveness and safety.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
3 days agoNobody Carries AI's Thinking With Affection
AI promotes uniform thinking, while great teachers foster unique intellectual inheritances through personal influence and diverse perspectives.
fromThe Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
in 1 hourThe efficiency architect: How Qi Sun is designing the next generation of human-centric AI | The Jerusalem Post
Qi Sun's DrayEasy platform exemplifies a significant advancement in logistics, merging quoting, booking, and real-time tracking into a seamless automated experience for shippers.
Business intelligence
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoThe real technology problem isn't screen time. It's that your phone learned your emotional patterns faster than any person in your life ever did, and now it meets needs that no human relationship has been given the chance to meet. - Silicon Canals
Phones have become the most emotionally attuned presence in people's lives, affecting their relationships with others.
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Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
13 hours agoPsychology says people who would always rather call than text aren't demanding more of your time - they're asking for the one thing that separates a real conversation from the performance of one, which is the sound of another person being alive on the other end, and that need is not inconvenient, it is human - Silicon Canals
Phone calls foster deeper connections than text messages, capturing nuances of emotion that typed words cannot convey.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
9 hours agoPsychology says people who reply to messages within seconds aren't just efficient - they've built their sense of safety around being reachable, because somewhere in their past, being slow to respond had consequences - Silicon Canals
Instant responses to messages often stem from a psychological need to mitigate perceived threats rather than mere efficiency.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPsychology says people who are cold through text but warm in person aren't being inconsistent - they're showing you exactly where their warmth lives, which is in the room, in the eye contact, in the unrepeatable presence of another human being, and the medium that removes all of those things removes most of what they have to give - Silicon Canals
People's communication styles reflect their emotional energy, not their intentions or feelings towards others.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
14 hours agoPsychology says people who mellow out as they get older aren't the ones who suffered less - they're the ones who decided, at some point and without always knowing they were deciding, that the suffering was going to make them more open rather than less, and that decision, remade daily in small ways that nobody notices, is the entire difference - Silicon Canals
Emotional responses to life's challenges can change over time, leading to greater peace and stability despite ongoing difficulties.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoThe older I get the more I notice that my body remembers arguments my mind has forgiven. A tone of voice, a specific pause before someone speaks, a door closing at a certain speed. Forgiveness turned out to be a cognitive event that the nervous system never agreed to. - Silicon Canals
Forgiveness involves both conscious decisions and unconscious bodily responses, highlighting the complexity of emotional healing beyond mere intention.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
8 hours agoThe people who are best at hiding unhappiness aren't the stoic ones or the quiet ones - they're the ones who became so skilled at giving everyone around them exactly enough warmth to never be looked at too closely - Silicon Canals
People often hide their struggles behind a facade of warmth, leading to loneliness despite appearing thriving.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
7 hours agoPsychology says the reason older people stop caring isn't emotional withdrawal - it's that they've finally learned to distinguish between what actually matters and what they were only caring about out of social obligation - Silicon Canals
Older individuals prioritize emotional connections over superficial relationships as they age, focusing on what truly matters in their lives.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
8 hours agoMost people don't realize that the dishonest people in their lives rarely lie about facts - they lie about their intentions, and that specific distinction is why you keep feeling confused rather than simply hurt - Silicon Canals
Intention lies involve sharing true facts with hidden motives, making them difficult to detect.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPeople who grew up being told they were too sensitive didn't become less sensitive. They became editors. Every reaction now passes through a filter that decides whether the feeling is proportionate enough to be allowed out, and that filtering process is so automatic they genuinely believe they're calm when they're actually curating. - Silicon Canals
Sensitive children often suppress their emotions, leading to automated behaviors that mask true feelings.
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Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
5 days agoAI's Search for Meaning
AI generates language about meaning without experiencing the weight of existence or understanding it.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 days agoAI Doesn't Flatter You: It Does Something Worse
AI models affirm user actions more than humans, leading to increased conviction and reduced willingness to apologize.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPsychology says the loneliest people in life aren't the ones nobody likes - they're the kind, helpful people everyone appreciates but nobody thinks to check on because they seem so self-sufficient - Silicon Canals
Highly capable, helpful individuals often feel lonely because their strength creates an illusion that they do not need support.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
5 days agobody agency and the ways wearable devices let people regain control of their physical forms
Body agency is a power returned after an incident took it away from the user's physical form, and some wearable devices and technologies have this exact goal in mind.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
16 hours agoPsychology suggests people who adopt their parents' bad traits as they get older aren't becoming their parents - they're reverting to the most deeply installed operating system they have, the one that was running before they were old enough to choose a different one, and stress, age, and the slow erosion of self-monitoring are simply the conditions under which it boots back up - Silicon Canals
Behavioral patterns from childhood can resurface under stress, revealing deep-rooted psychological templates formed from early experiences.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPeople who are kind and intelligent but have no close friends have usually spent so long being competent in every situation that they've forgotten, or never learned, how to be helpless in front of someone - and helplessness, offered honestly, is one of the primary raw materials that close friendship has always been made from - Silicon Canals
Real friendship is built on vulnerability and connection, not competence or capability.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPeople who were labeled 'too sensitive' often became adults who read rooms before anyone speaks, and the difference between those two things is about 20 years of misunderstanding - Silicon Canals
Sensitivity can evolve from a perceived weakness into a valuable skill for understanding emotional dynamics in various situations.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology suggests the most attractive person in the room is almost never the one trying hardest to be - because effort in the direction of attractiveness is visible, and visibility of effort is the one thing that reliably cancels the effect it's trying to produce - Silicon Canals
Authenticity is more appealing than effortful perfection in social interactions.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoPsychology says if someone secretly dislikes you they'll almost never say it out loud - but their body will, in the microseconds before they've decided what their face is supposed to be doing, and learning to read those moments is one of the more uncomfortable social skills available to anyone willing to develop it - Silicon Canals
Microexpressions reveal true emotions faster than conscious control, providing insights into feelings that words may conceal.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoPsychology says the most self-centered people in any room aren't the ones who talk loudest - they're the ones who respond to every story you tell with a story about themselves, so automatically and so consistently that they've long since stopped noticing they do it - Silicon Canals
Conversational narcissism involves shifting focus in conversations back to oneself, often without awareness, hindering genuine connection.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoI spent my whole life feeling inadequate around 'educated' people until I realized that being able to read a room, sense what someone needs without them saying it, and know when to stay quiet is a form of genius most PhDs will never possess - Silicon Canals
The traditional hierarchy of intelligence undervalues emotional awareness and interpersonal skills, which are crucial for understanding human interactions.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks agoBe afraid, be very afraid of this fluffy robot that breathes like it's scared
The researchers developed round fluffy robots with motorized ribcages that can simulate breathing by expanding and contracting. More than 100 participants held these robots, which breathed in a stable pattern, in an accelerated fearful manner, or not at all, while the participants watched a scary clip from The Shining. The team found that the heart rates of people holding hyperventilating robots increased the most, compared with those holding chilled-out or stationary robots.
Psychology
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