Artificial intelligence is reshaping mental health, intimacy, and the very idea of what it means to relate to others. This is a consolidation and expansion of my Substack series on AI and Mental Health which has been updated with new thinking and links to further research and resources.

I recently had the great joy of speaking to long-time friend Nathalie Nahai to talk all things psychoanalysis and tech on her In Conversation podcast. In it we discuss the complexities of the global human psyche, exploring themes of fear, the impact of AI on therapy, and the nature of synthetic relationships. We cover the challenges posed by technology in human connection, the polarisation of society, and the need for economic and social change. The dialogue also touches on

Musk’s posts are a descent into a death-spiral of addictive posting and sensation seeking: the self-radicalisation of Elon Musk.

As AI restructures the world around us, we are only beginning to realise how human psychology makes us too stupid to meet the challenge.