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· 15 min readAI & The Human Condition #10
The AI Therapist Will See You Now: Machine Learning Tackles the Addiction Crisis
From predicting opioid overdoses 72 hours in advance to FDA-approved digital therapeutics—how AI is revolutionizing substance abuse treatment at scale.
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· 9 min readAI & The Human Condition #7
AI Therapy Is Having Its Character.AI Moment
FDA shut down Woebot while unregulated chatbots counsel millions. A 14-year-old's suicide sparked lawsuits. Australia banned social media for under-16s. The mental health AI industry is facing its first reckoning — and the rules are being written in blood.
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· 18 min readAI & The Human Condition #4
AI and Addiction: Dopamine Hacking, Digital Detox, and the Paradox of AI as Both Poison and Cure
AI algorithms engineer compulsive behavior at scale — then AI promises to treat the very addictions it created. Exploring the dopamine economy, digital therapeutics, the opioid crisis, and whether technology can heal what technology broke.
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