https://aiscience.uk/tags/psychology/ Recent content in Psychology on AI Science Report Hugo en-us Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://aiscience.uk/posts/ai-cognitive-colonization-system-zero/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://aiscience.uk/posts/ai-cognitive-colonization-system-zero/ <p>There&rsquo;s a quiet unease that comes with using AI these days. Not the fear that it will take your job or go rogue — something subtler. It&rsquo;s the sense that after spending hours with these systems, you start to think a little differently. Your questions become more like prompts. Your internal monologue sounds more like a chatbot. You catch yourself writing in bullet points.</p> <p>A new paper from researchers across Union College, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, and Lenovo asks whether this feeling is more than just a feeling. They call it <strong>cognitive colonization</strong>.</p>