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“Does experiencing something from the first-person perspective generate new knowledge? This question has been debated in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and neuroscience, with literature containing complex analyses and experiments …

Read more ““Why is Lived Experience Inclusion Essential to Mental Healthcare? Philosophers Weigh In,” Mad in America, by Samantha Lily and Ally Riddle”

In 2018 Serife Tekin, an associate professor at the State University of New York who specialises in the philosophy of psychiatry, was targeted by Facebook adverts for the “mental health …

Read more ““The Ghost and the Machine: Will AI therapists ever master the mysteries of human consciousness? As stretched mental health services turn to tech solutions, Silicon Valley is cashing in – with sometimes alarming consequences,” New Statesman, by Jenny Kleeman”

“Can AI Replace Therapy: Hey Pi is the Conversational Chatbot that Works,” Medium, by Ginger Liu. July 19, 2023: https://medium.com/technology-hits/how-pi-ai-replaced-my-therapist-72c21eca6f85

“Chatbot is very intrinsically, I think, a western concept because it kind of assumes that everyone who feels depressed or sad wants to talk about their experiences, or seek help …

Read more ““Meet ChatPal, the European Bot Against Loneliness,” Algorithm Watch, by Nathalie Koubayová”

‘It would be wrong to overstate its capacities for responding to human challenges such as curbing loneliness, or supporting mental health in general.’ “Can an AI bot become your friend?,” …

Read more “Interviewed by Metro, UK: “Can an AI bot become your friend?””

Tekin, Ş. 2023. Participatory Interactive Objectivity in Psychiatry. Imperfect Cognitions: Blog on delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, unrealistically optimistic predictions, and implicit biases. Imperfect Cognitions: Participatory Interactive Objectivity in …

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“The hype and promise is way ahead of the research that shows its effectiveness,” says Serife Tekin “Therapy by chatbot? The promise and challenges in using AI for mental health,” National …

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“My biggest challenge is to get rid of their fears around science or space knowledge,” Tekin said. “They always think of science as difficult to fathom. At first, they were …

Read more ““Possibly the first university philosophy course taught entirely in the metaverse: “Philosophy of Space Exploration, team taught by Serife Tekin (philosophy & medical humanities) and Chris Packham (physics & astronomy) at the University of Texas at San Antonio,””

“When you look at the history of philosophy, you will see that it was the mother discipline that had the humanities and the sciences contained,” Tekin said while developing the …

Read more “Interviewed for SA Express News: “UTSA students are considering the philosophy of space exploration – in the metaverse – and liking it,””

“we form a circle of involvement with one another and teach each other to be open-minded about each other’s opinions and biases.” “Professor Serife Tekin- Director of Medical Humanities Program …

Read more “Interviewed for La Prensa Texas: “Professor Serife Tekin – Director of Medical Humanities Program at UTSA and Why It’s Important for Everyone, and Not Just Medical Professions?””