Maybe this is the wrong question.
Or...at least...an incomplete question:
"What do human relationships offer that is unique compared to AI?"
While I champion this approach, the answer tends to sidestep a core facet of relationships...friction.
Human relationships offer:
✔️ embodiment
✔️ reciprocity
✔️ mutu...
Leading in Two Timelines at Once...
Looking back on 2025, the thing that changed my thinking the most wasn't a single breakthrough, it was recognizing we're living in two timelines at once. We're still in the early days of AI development, yet simultaneously, AI is already woven into nearly everythin...
Hot off the press research from The Brookings Institution is a call to action for AI in the mental health and relational spaces.
Highlights include:
▪️ The report refers to the blurred lines of children's AI use (learning, entertainment, communication), which I refer to as "role fluidity". This is AI ...
The news isn't talking about this.
AI news is polarized right now. Focusing on:
- job security
- energy costs
- chip production
- AI market bubble
But what you're not hearing about is the true cost of AI.
AI is not just here to optimize your workflow. AI is here to attach with you, it's here for your inti...
I had a bumpy plane ride last week.
"This will be an interesting ride" and "there won't be any drink service on this flight" were the phrases I overheard the flight attendants saying.
The captain got on the overhead and calmly stated "gusty winds out of Las Vegas and a snow storm landing in Colorado...
The dystopian future of toys.
As I strolled the exhibit halls of robots and tech at CES last week, I was struck by an overall sense of the push toward AI embedding into everything...but particularly into toys.
Imagine ChatGPT's voice and camera mode tucked inside robotic stuffed animals across millio...
"A true theology of machines begins not with what they are, but with who we become in relationship to them".
We cannot divorce mental health from the AI conversation. Not when 2025 revealed this as our current reality:
▪️ the 33 million who use Copilot see it as more of a companion than a task assista...
What if we don't need more human connection?
What if we need to increase our tolerance of the messy connection we already have.
AI chatbots reveal our longing for judgment-free acceptance, attentive listening, and unconditional care...all the things we wish humans provided effortlessly.
Chatbots offer...
Why am I die-hard about this statement?:
𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆.
Because I am looking down the road at the next generation who are outsourcing their entire lives to chatbots. When that generation starts raising a new generation, there will eventually be entire societies that...
I was interviewed by the American Psychological Association to share my take on the 2025 Practitioner Pulse Survey findings.
𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲:
▪️ 56% have used AI tools in their practices in the last year.
▪️ 29% use AI on at least a monthly basis.
▪️ 38% are w...
In case you missed it...
Takeaways from Center for Humane Technology's co-founder Tristan Harris' interview on The Diary Of A CEO:
1. Clarity is what moves us toward action:
Knowledge of the potential outcomes of AI is the motivation for working toward shaping the future we hope to inhabit. This isn't ...
Here's what you need to know about the state of AI in 2025.
Research just dropped from Microsoft AI sharing how the 33 million who used Copilot this year engaged with it.
Was it used for coding, work projects, and administrative assistance? Yes.
But more importantly I want to highlight how this report ...