9+ hour, 32+ min ago   (705+ words) Researchers compared first-time and experienced ayahuasca users to see how prior exposure relates to mood, stress, spirituality, substance use, and beliefs about consciousness. Close-up of Banisteriopsis Caapi vines, one of the Ayahuasca plants. Study: Prior ayahuasca experience is associated with…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (86+ words) So this is a real story, deeply and carefully reported by journalist Dana Gerber for The Boston Globe Magazine, and it’s about a woman…Continue reading on Medium » AI Agent Builder | Sharing practical AI & automation insights. She Built Herself a…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (594+ words) Monaro Fuel Haulage’s new AB-triple. Image: Holmwood Highgate. Located 560 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, Olympic Dam is Australia’s largest underground mine outputting copper cathode, uranium oxide concentrate, gold and silver. Owned by resources giant, BHP, it is also one…...

14+ hour, 41+ min ago   (586+ words) The BACB ethics code gives us great guardrails. It tells us the bare minimum: don’t exploit people, protect private information, and stay within your skill set. But real life doesn’t happen inside a neat checklist. Real ethics lives in the…...

14+ hour, 10+ min ago   (34+ words) Why desire may be the beginning of the loop we struggle to escape. You must have noticed it. There is something almost invisible that keeps pulling us back whenever we …...

16+ hour, 36+ min ago   (1457+ words) A Deep Causal Chain from First Principles Analysis paralysis is not a lack of intelligence. It is a failure of commitment. The mind treats a decision as a problem to be solved by thinking, but decisions are not solved by…...

21+ hour, 21+ min ago   (266+ words) Home » Technology » Navigating the Intimacy Economy: The Risks of AI Dependency in Professional Relationships Michael expressed feelings of relief and confidence when engaging with his chatbot, perceiving it as a supportive colleague. This reliance indicates a deeper issue, where his…...

17+ hour, 13+ min ago   (1039+ words) [Author’s Note: Are you ready for a passionate romance with your API interface?] In the old days, an NPC (Non-Playable Character) was just a broken jukebox repeating the same three lines of dialogue. Now, with the seamless integration of Large…...

22+ hour, 50+ min ago   (133+ words) According to @CNBC, Stanford researchers report some Character AI users see worsened wellbeing when treating chatbots as friends. Developers can monetize AI companions through tiered pricing that includes wellbeing check-ins and crisis redirection features. Integration with telehealth services offers another…...

18+ hour, 22+ min ago   (629+ words) This intimacy economy is tapping into the deepest parts of our intimate psychological infrastructure The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work The original attention economy developed by tech firms…...