Where does AI liability fall?

This question is an increasingly relevant facet of conversations. I'm grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts with Ashleigh Hollowell, M.S. in her latest Behavioral Health Business article.

Highlights include:

"While savvy behavioral health providers are consider...

More than half of US teens regularly chat with AI companions.

72% have tried a companion and 52% engage regularly.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝟭𝟯-𝟭𝟳 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:

30% it's entertaining

28% curious about the tech

18% it gives advice

17% it's always available

14% it doesn't judge

12% can say things I wouldn't tel...

Shocking findings - when AI becomes the therapy patient.

Hot off the press research introduces a protocol that systematically engages LLMs (ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini) in psychotherapy questions and validated clinical assessments. Basically, they sat AI down on the therapeutic couch.

When asked open-en...

Behavioral science may be the key to unlocking the true power of artificial intelligence.

This Forbes article goes on to say, "Global spending on artificial intelligence is projected to reach nearly $1.5 trillion in 2025 and is on pace to surpass $2 trillion in 2026, but there is an integral ingredie...

The fantasy world of AI companions through the lens of attachment theory.

To begin, few quick definitions...

𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆: 
A psychological framework addressing long-term bonds people form with others, emphasizing the importance of early relationships with caregivers for emotional development and ...

Behavioral science is the key to successful AI adoption in companies. 

If you have an AI initiative line item in your budget, ROI will only materialize if you have a corresponding line item for supporting the humans adopting it.

Relegating AI to (only) the IT department fundamentally misunderstands wh...

Most parents think their kids are using AI for homework help, or as a glorified Google, but that is not the reality. Most kids are using AI as a friend, as a therapist, and even as a boyfriend or girlfriend.

I cover this and more in Hannah Nwoko's article for Parents.

Highlights:

Dr. Wood suggests for ...

Is the future of care hybrid?

Research from Qualia highlights these Gen Z stats:

▫️ 𝟯𝟵% of young people have used AI for emotional support

▫️ 𝟳𝟰% of those that hadn’t worked with a human expert before were curious about doing so at some point

▫️ 𝟲𝟮% stated they were not comfortable with the idea of usin...

I have a difficult conversation on the horizon.

Maybe you do too.

Perhaps practicing the conversation may ease apprehension or potentially increase the likelihood of mutual success.

There are two ways (definitely more than two ways, but I condense for space) you could approach this if you use AI.

𝗢𝗻𝗲.
Te...

There's more at stake than you think.

We need to design AI chatbots as a rehearsal for relationship, not a replacement.

Here's the difference:

𝗥𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹
1. AI as a training ground
2. Leads to confidence and connection with others
3. By helping practice critical thinking, self-trust, and the capacity for f...

Chatbots are not the end, they are only the beginning.

And we're only at the beginning of the beginning.

I've been saying this for a while, but it's still true today. 

Paradoxically, we are both at the beginning of the beginning and simultaneously extremely far down the road. Here's what I mean by that...

The rise of the omnibot.

It is what no individual person could ever be: 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

The role fluidity of chatbots means that one minute they are assisting your work project, the next they are validating your personal turmoil, and later they are flirting with you. They are...everything.

I don't know abo...