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Chatbots Are Like Potato Chips: Understanding Loneliness in the Digital Age
We are talking to each other in person less and to chatbots more. Are these changes in our social interactions contributing to the current loneliness epidemic?
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AI Revolution or Revulsion? APS Journal Editors Weigh In
As AI dominates conversations in psychological science, journal editors are faced with a suite of decisions on how they will incorporate these new tools into their editorial processes. Even within APS’s seven academic journals, opinions and stances vary.
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Science, Industry, and AI: Highlights From the 2026 APS Annual Convention in Barcelona
This year’s scientific convention featured an array of innovative programming, including the first-ever Industry Day and six Integrative Science Symposia.
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The High Cost of Silent Classrooms
… The cost of this silence is both cognitive and social. When artificial intelligence anticipates every step before a student even recognizes a hurdle, it strips away the productive struggle on which learning depends. Students
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Why Is Economic Inequality the Status Quo?
The latest PSPI issue examines the political psychology of economic inequality and highlights the cognitive processes that sustain high levels of inequality across nations.
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Anthropic Wants Claude to Be Moral. Is Religion Really the Answer?
In a public statement of its intentions for its Claude chatbot, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic has said that it wants Claude to be “a genuinely good, wise and virtuous agent.” The company raised the moral stakes