Scott Koeneman, PsyD & Paul Hoard, PhD, LMHC will consider how interactions with AI chatbots/LLM’s are reshaping our emotional, relational & experiential lives. Topics such as smart phone cult like grooming, rising anxieties about the future, AI psychosis & the epidemic of loneliness will be considered. The presenters will promote an ethical imperative around the acquisition of procedural knowledge in the use of AI to effectively challenge & articulate the implicit dangers to human subjectivity.