What happens when we begin to rely on AI not just for information, but for thinking itself? Drawing on the work of Erich Fromm and William James, this article explores how AI may represent a modern extension of the “escape from freedom”—a subtle shift in which individuals trade autonomy for convenience.
Read MoreCoding the Divine: Inside AI’s Secret Belief System
Image by Hotpot.ai Author: Jill Maschio, Phd April 2nd, 2026 Coding the Divine: Inside AI’s Secret Belief System In this article, I explain the ideologies […]
Read MoreBeyond Word Prediction: The Limits of Artificial Intelligence and the Superiority of Human Cognition
Image by Hotpot.ai Beyond Word Prediction: The Limits of Artificial Intelligence and the Superiority of Human Cognition By Jill Maschio, PhD March 10, 2026 We […]
Read MoreThe AI Race: Transhumanism and Posthuman Philosophy of AI and the Antichrist
Image by Hotpot.ai Jill Maschio, PhD November 20, 2025 The video Peter Thiel FREEZES When Asked if He’s ANTICHRIST poses the URGENT questions about the intent […]
Read MoreLiving in an Altered World and AI Socially Conditioned Bubble
Image by Author: Jill Maschio, Ph.D. October 2025 Artificial Intelligence keeps progressing. There is talk about the effects on society if and when AI becomes […]
Read MoreAI’s Dark Side: OpenAI Potentially Addressing Mental Health Crisis Among Users
Image by Gemini ai By Jill Maschio, PhD According to a recent article posted on Futurism by Frank Landymore, OpenAI reported it hired a forensic […]
Read MoreChatGPT Explains how Technology, Including AI, May Slowly Erode One’s Sense of Self
Image by Hotpot.ai By Jill Maschio, PhD I prompted ChatGPT to generate an answer to how technology, including AI, the internet, and cell phone use, […]
Read More‘Gentle Singularity’ may be Here According to Sam Altman
Image by Hotpot.ai By Jill Maschio, Ph.D ‘Gentle Singularity’ may be here, according to Sam Altman Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is signaling that the […]
Read More21 Ways that Humans are not Like AI (Reply to Geoffrey Hinton)
Image by Hotpot.ai by Dr. Jill Maschio In an interview by Guyon Espiner with Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather” of AI, Hinton stated that humans are […]
Read MoreAI is Creative but at the Cost of Disrupting the Human Psyche
Image by Hotpot.ai Author: Jill Maschio, PhD AI is Creative. Will it be at the Cost of Disrupting the Human Psyche? The creative mind is […]
Read MoreAI’s Flaws in Decision Making and for Understanding Human Behavior
Image by Hotpot.ai Jill Maschio, PhD AI’s Big Problem Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT and Claude.ai are a form of artificial intelligence that […]
Read MoreA Letter to Transhumanists: What it Means to Be Human and to Transcend
Image by Hotpot.ai Jill Maschio, PhD You get up in the morning, put your feet on the ground, and are self-aware that you are in […]
Read MoreThe Greater AI Is Able to Complete Higher Cognitive Function, The More We Risk Losing Humanness
Image by Hotpot.ai By Jill Maschio, PhD Part of what makes us human is having real-world experiences and learning from them so that we can […]
Read MoreAI-Generated Brain and Behavioral Modification: Life’s Lessons Lost in Place of Transcending
Image by Hotpot.ai Jill Maschio, PhD AI-Generated Brain and Behavioral Modification: Life’s Lessons Lost in Place of Transcending Lindsay Fox said, “learning from mistakes and […]
Read MoreThe Robots are Coming: Concluding Remarks
Image by Hotpot.ai Jill Maschio, PhD Part 4: What Makes Us Human?: My Concluding Remarks After reading literary works by computer scientists and futurists, it […]
Read MoreThe Robots are Coming: The Psychological Impact of Trust (Part 3)
Image by Hotpot.ai Jill Maschio, PhD Part 3: The Goal is to Build Trust The goal for robots and humans to work together is clear. […]
Read MoreThe Robots are Coming: The Psychological Impact of Trust (Part 2)
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Image by Hotpot.ai by Jill Maschio, PhD October 4, 2024 Technology Revolution and a Double Digital YouTechnology Revolution and a Double Digital […]
Read MoreThe Robots are Coming: The Psychological Impact of Trust (Part 1)
Image by Hotpot.ai Jill Maschio, Ph.D September 29, 2024 The Robots are Nearer As more and more robots are built, human life will change fundamentally. […]
Read MoreWhen AI is Just Another Classroom Tool
Image by Hotpot.ai When Using AI is Just Another Classroom Tool By Jill Maschio, Ph.D September 22, 2024 All the hype in education is using […]
Read MoreThe Psychology of Mind Control via AI Systems (Video)
Image by Hotpot.ai In the following video, ChatGPT discusses AI, the dark side of AI, and potential mind control. It is critical to be aware […]
Read MoreConversation with Psychologist.ai: AI’s Influences to the Human Psyche
The following video is a “conversation” between myself and psychologist.ai. I asked psychologist.ai questions about the meaning of life and why humans are unhappy. I […]
Read MoreDoes Humanity Risk Losing Autonomy?: The Human Psyche and AI
Image by Hotpot.ai Does Humanity Risk Losing Autonomy?: The Human Psyche and AI Author: Jill Maschio, Phd Opinion Memories and Associations Recall your childhood. The […]
Read MoreShould we be Concerned About Losing Control Over AI? Leahy is Sounding the Alarm
Image by Hotpot.ai Connor Leahy, CEO of Conjecture, in an interview with TRT World (2024), talks about how people are interested in AI. AI is […]
Read MoreMicrosoft’s New VASA-1 – Nearly Unnoticable Human-Like Avatars
Image by Hotpot.ai Microsoft’s new VASA-1 has developed human-like featured avatars. The avatars’ head movement, voice, and eye and facial expressions are more realistic.
Read MoreWill You be Human Data in the World of AI?: Will You Question It?
Image by Hotpot.ai Will You be Human Data in the World of AI?: Will You Question It? Jill Maschio, PhD AI and other advanced technologies […]
Read MoreHuman vs AI Relationships: The Changes to the Human Psyche
Image by Hotpot.ai Human vs AI Relationships: The Changes to the Human Psyche By Jill Maschio, PhD Introduction Teaching psychology, I assigned my college students […]
Read MoreIs AI Making Students Lazy and Dumb?
Image by Hotpot.ai Is AI Making Students Lazy and Dumb? By Jill Maschio, PhD Teachers across America are concerned about their students’ lack of motivation […]
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