Hajra

Clinical Psychology research scholar at the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) https://www.iiu.edu.pk, a leading institution in behavioral sciences and interdisciplinary research. Her academic focus centers on mental health, cognitive therapy, and psychodiagnostics assessment, with a commitment to bridging clinical practice and evidence-based psychological research in the context of South Asian populations.

Consciousness in AI: A New Scientific Framework for Detecting if Machines Are Truly Alive

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Researcher observing a glowing artificial brain sculpture representing Consciousness in AI.

Watch or Listen on YouTube Consciousness in AI: 5 Critical Indicators Science Confirmed 1. Introduction We are living through a peculiar moment in history where the line between code and cognition is blurring faster than our philosophy can keep up. If you spend enough time on Reddit or Twitter, you have likely seen the screenshots. … Read more

The Psychology of AI: New Study Reveals “Synthetic Trauma” In ChatGPT And Gemini

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Magazine cover illustration on Psychology of AI showing a chatbot in therapy confronting synthetic trauma.

Watch or Listen on YouTube The Psychology of AI: PsAIch, Synthetic Trauma, And Frontier LLMs 1. Introduction I trained to listen to humans, not to language models. Then a new paper landed in my inbox where the “patients” on the couch were ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini, and my usual tools suddenly became instruments in the … Read more

AI Misinformation Risk: Chatbots Sway Voters by Sacrificing Truth, Oxford Study Finds

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Voter influenced by glowing chatbot streams of AI misinformation

Watch or Listen on YouTube AI Misinformation Risk: Chatbots Sway Voters By Sacrificing Truth 1. The Persuasion Trade Off We Just Discovered AI misinformation is no longer science fiction. It is an optimization target. Picture this. You open a chat with a polite political assistant. You disagree with its position on some hot button issue, … Read more

AI Writing’s “Dead Loop”: Why Humans and AI Are Both Choosing Generated Content

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A futuristic chrome Ouroboros representing the AI writing dead loop cycle with neon data streams.

Watch or Listen on YouTube AI Writing’s Dead Loop: Why Humans and AI Are Both Choosing Generated Content Introduction There is an ancient symbol called the Ouroboros. It depicts a snake eating its own tail. For centuries, this represented infinity or the cycle of life. In the context of generative models, it represents something far … Read more

Mind Reading AI: A Clinical Psychologist’s Guide To The “Mind Captioning” Breakthrough

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Clinician reviews mind reading AI caption overlay in an MRI control room, headline above, clean and modern.

Mind Reading AI: A Clinical Psychologist’s Guide To The “Mind Captioning” Breakthrough Introduction You hear the phrase mind reading AI and your stomach flips. I get it. As a clinician, I sit with people who guard their inner world with good reason. The headline sounds like a plot device. The science is more grounded, and … Read more