The CAI Report
Insights and Commentary at the Intersection of Psychoanalysis and AI
The Council on Artificial Intelligence (CAI)
Todd Essig, PhD + Amy Levy, PsyD | Co-Chairs
The Department of Psychoanalytic Education (DPE)
James Barron, PhD | Head
Paula Christian-Kliger, PhD | Associate Head
The CAI Report
Alexander Stein, PhD | Editor-in-Chief
The CAI Report is a publication of The Council on Artificial Intelligence and offers psychoanalytic perspectives on issues involving AI’s uses, applications, risks, and benefits to individuals and in society. Our aim is that The Report will meaningfully contribute to the global conversations about the human and social dimensions of AI, and be a trusted resource for mental health professionals, folks in the technology space, and the general public.
The Council on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) operates within The American Psychoanalytic Association’s Department of Psychoanalytic Education (DPE). The Council’s mission is to study AI and, based on those studies, develop projects focused on connections between AI and psychoanalytic education, theory, and practice. We respond nimbly to accelerating developments in AI with a focus on practical, implementable projects relevant to psychoanalytic education and to the broader psychoanalytic community.
Issue 1 | January 2025
A Note from the Co-Chairs of the Council on Artificial Intelligence
by Todd Essig, PhD + Amy Levy, PsyDEditor’s Introduction: What AI Can and Can’t Do and How Psychoanalysis Can Help
by Alexander Stein, PhDUseful Reads
“Narcissistic Depressive Technoscience” by Thomas Fuchs, The New Atlantis, Spring 2024
by Todd Essig, PhDThe New Other: Alien Intelligence and The Innovation Drive
An excerpt from a forthcoming book
by Amy Levy, PsyDLeveraging AI for Suicide Risk Prediction
Frontiers in AI & Mental Health: Research & Clinical Considerations
by Christopher Campbell, MD Candidate (Medical University of South Carolina)Artificial Intelligence and Actual Psychoanalysis
Commentary on a CAI Workshop
by Valerie Frankfeldt, PhD
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