They're available at 3am, they never judge, and they’re incapable of caring about you. A cyberpsychologist’s take on what we stand to gain and lose from therapy bots.

The algorithms feed your distress because your anxiety is profitable. You're not weak for doomscrolling; you're a victim of deliberate design. A cyberpsychologist on how to reclaim your attention.

The tech industry and the wellness industry both want your business. One wants you always on. The other's selling disconnection and detox. The main loser in this tug of war is you. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on how to take back control.

AI is a freight train, and many workers feel tied to the tracks. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on what happens to agency, mastery, and desire when people feel dispensable, and how great leaders centre their people's humanity.

Every photo you post of your child is training data for a future you can't predict. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on sharenting, children's digital rights, and why the stakes are now high.

Your phone is designed to hijack your attention. This guided exercise builds agency in its presence, not its absence. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on why detox doesn't work and what does.

Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket reflects on Davos 2026: agentic AI, human accountability, acceleration messages, and artistic imagination.

You’re a nice person. You wouldn’t invite someone to dinner and ignore them all evening. But your phone might be doing it for you.. Phubbing — phone snubbing — can erode the closest relationships.

How do AI chatbots like ChatGPT nudge us into forgetting we're talking to machines? A cyberpsychologist examines five anthropomorphising tactics.

Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket traces the path from séances to griefbots, and asks what we risk when we use technology to try to eliminate grief.

AI can simulate empathy. It can mirror your tone, match your pace, validate your feelings. What it can't do is know suffering from the inside. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on what embodied human therapists still offer that machines cannot.

We’re hearing stories about AI marriages, AI soulmates, and AI breakups. But beneath the provocative headlines sit layers of quieter, more nuanced, and yet essential questions.

What do tech founders assume therapy is, and why might their assumptions be dangerous? Dr Elaine Kasket unpacks the values behind AI therapy and why relationships matter more than algorithms.

Why aren't we talking about who profits from AI relationships? Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket examines the economics of emotional exploitation.

When every AI agent embeds hidden agendas, what happens to human agency? A cyberpsychologist's philosophical rebuttal to the inevitability of agentic AI.

Who you are shapes the technology you build. The technology you build shapes who you are. Cyberpsychology studies the loop that we’re increasingly caught in, and what it means for how we think, relate, and live.

Someone could use your data to bring you back after you die. You might also be tempted to resurrect someone you love. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on grief bots, consent, and digital remains.

Everything you've ever posted, searched, or stored online will outlive you. What happens to it, and who decides, is up for grabs. It shouldn't be. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on digital afterlives, from grief bots to data rights.

ChatGPT is affecting your cognition. But it may be taking something deeper: the craft of thinking itself, and perhaps your soul.

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