Phubbing: Your Phone is the Third Wheel in Your Relationship
Psychologist Elaine Kasket on phubbing in relationships: what it means, why it damages intimacy, and how to choose presence over your phone.
How Chatbots Exploit Our Instinct to Humanise Them: A Cyberpsychologist’s Perspective
How do AI chatbots like ChatGPT nudge us into forgetting we're talking to machines? A cyberpsychologist examines five anthropomorphising tactics.
The Platformisation of Grief: Why the Commodification of Loss Matters
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 Therapy and the WEIRD Men Who Want to Fix You
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.
The Gold Digger in Your Phone: Why AI Relationships are Corporate Romance Scams
Why aren't we talking about who profits from AI relationships? Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket examines the economics of emotional exploitation.
Cyberpsychology Explained: How Technology Shapes Us
Technology is undoubtedly changing what we can do and how we do it. But it’s also changing much more: who we are, how we experience the world, and how we relate to other people.
ChatGPT is Coming for Your Soul
ChatGPT is affecting your cognition, but what if it’s taking something more from you?
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