Mind Melange: how AI assistants shape who we are

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆-𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝒀𝒆𝒕, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝑰 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔: 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒙: 𝑨𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔." (Hauser, draft)

We invite you to the next meeting of Mind Melange, a journal club open to everyone interested in cognitive science.

Inspired by everyday observations, this time we will focus on first-person experiences of interacting with AI assistants.

We read:

• Hauser (draft), AI am I: how AI assistants shape who we are. 1143-1150.

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About Mind Melange

How can cognitive science help to understand a reality that is dynamic, digital, symbolic, continuous, biological, extended, material, social, posthumanist, humanist, and complex?

Mind Melange is a series of meetings in which we will jointly look for answers to this question.

We want to create a space for discussion, exchange of experiences and interests for a wide group of people gathered around Warsaw cognitive science – first- and second-year students, graduates and PhD students, lecturers and enthusiasts.

Meetings take the form of discussions around collectively chosen texts or seminars with invited guests and are open to everyone interested.