Researchers are studying AI the way we study minds
The question is no longer whether machines think but how we find out what they do inside, including when nobody asks them for anything.
Living with the machine
What happens to trust, affection and our sense of the real once AI becomes an everyday presence.
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Talking to AI is changing who we are
The industry designs affection into its assistants on purpose, and every exchange with them rehearses how we will treat other people.
AI is changing how we write, not just what we write
Writing tools have become infrastructure for style, flattening tone and leaving tells, which turns a distinct authorial voice into the scarce asset.
In the synthetic age, doubt is the default
Deepfakes and AI scams have made suspicion the starting point, so creators now have to prove authorship instead of simply signing their work.
Using AI to think better, not less
AI literacy means arguing with the machine: asking for objections, checking answers and keeping human judgment in charge instead of taking the first output.
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