AI’s Impact on the Human Psyche

This week, Dr. Mike Brooks joins host Peter Smart to dissect how rapid AI advancements stand to impact the human psyche. As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Brooks lends his expertise on core human drives for connection, anthropomorphizing, and the tribal limits of our evolutionary capacity. They explore capitalism’s role in satisfying loneliness through “more human than human” chatbots, potentially creating an evolutionary mismatch.