The ps[ai]chology Project is a project about the intersection of psychology and AI, two fields that influence each other more than most people realize. I want to explore that gap: openly and critically, for anyone who's curious, not locked away in academic jargon. This is a place where the two disciplines meet, where similarities are examined, differences are named, and uncomfortable questions are asked.
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MindI hold a Master's in both Psychology and AI, so I'm not starting from zero. But this field moves fast enough that I'm still learning in real time, just like you. So I'll bring you along — sharing what I'm reading, flagging the papers worth your time, and thinking out loud about what any of it actually means. I’m not an expert here so much as someone a few steps further down the path, I just happen to know a bit about both fields. Consider this less me teaching you, more us figuring it out side by side.
Field Notes so far and coming up cover things like: what psychological theory shaped the first neural networks, whether it makes sense to ask about an AI's "personality," what "AI psychosis" actually is and isn't, and who gets to decide what "intelligence" even means. In addition to the field notes, I want to build a curated library with concepts, definitions, papers, podcasts, videos and more about this topic.
Why Substack
Why Substack, not my own website? Good question actually.
Substack is where the actual conversation happens. You can comment, tell me I got something wrong, and everyone else reading sees that exchange too. Which is kind of the whole point of a Field Note anyway — not a final answer, just me thinking out loud, and you thinking along with me.
My website is a different thing. That's where I want to build something that stays: papers, concepts, podcasts — stuff worth coming back to. Not a conversation, more like a shelf.
Let's be curious together. Read some field notes, and join the conversation.
Read the field notes