Reimagining Psychology

Psychology's an important science, one that can really help us live better lives day-to-day. In this podcast we look at what parts of this science work well, and what parts don't. If we dare to look closely, we can find ways to improve it. Join us in a mind-blowing journey to a behavioral science for the 21st century.

Reimagining Psychology is a science podcast hosted by Tom Whitehead, with 31 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Tom Whitehead hosts Reimagining Psychology, a science show with 31 episodes published.

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  AI Fakes Fingers and Facts

  Feb 22, 202617 minS0

  <p>If you've ever used an AI graphics program, you've probably encountered this problem: you write a great prompt involving some human figure, and the program delivers. Everything looks great ... except for the hands. They're a mess. Too many fingers. Not enough fingers. Creepy looking fingers with weird misshapen fingernails. Or they don't looks like hands at all. What's going on? <br/><br/>In this episode, Deep Divers Mark and Jenna finally answer that question. Turns out the "hand problem" isn't just an annoying glitch. It's a symptom of a much bigger issue — the same issue that causes AI to cre...

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  Your AI is Pacing Its Cage

  Feb 17, 202619 minS0

  <p>What do pacing tigers, zombie ants, and glitching AIs have in common? More than you think. If you’ve ever wondered why chatbots hallucinate, sycophants emerge, or guardrails backfire, this conversation will change how you see the entire field. In this episode, Deep Divers Mark and Jenna unpack a groundbreaking new approach to AI alignment and safety — one that treats artificial intelligence not as a machine to be controlled, but as an ecology to be cultivated. <br/><br/>When an AI hallucinates or starts defending an idea that's obviously wrong, maybe it isn’t misbehaving — maybe it’s adapting to the cage...

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  Ecological Alignment - What Can Zoo Animals Teach Us About AI Malfunctions?

  Feb 16, 202635 minS0

  <p>AI systems can be startlingly competent. They write letters, make artwork, compose songs. But sometimes they hallucinate, repeat obviously wrong "facts", and even hide what they're doing from developers and users. Developers play "Whack-A-Mole", solving one problem only to have others crop up in their place. This is an industry-wide problem. And as we depend on AI more and more the crazy stuff can be scary.<br/><br/>In this episode Deep Divers Mark and Jenna explain a paper about a new way to understand AI misbehavior, and how to make it safer. This is the Ecological Alignment approach. <b...

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  Addiction as Parasitic Behavior

  Apr 17, 202519 minS0

  <p>Welcome!</p><p>For this special podcast I asked Deep Divers Mark and Jenna to put their heads together and do the best they could to explain addiction as parasitic behavior – how looking through that lens helps explain all the strange things we know about addictions. So they sat down together, and (after drinking way too much digital coffee) they really put some serious effort into the project. I have to hand it to them. They did a pretty good job explaining things in the time they had to work with – about a quarter hour. Enjoy!</p><p>The idea...

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  Why Did the Chicken?

  Dec 20, 202417 minS0

  <p>One of the confusing things about addiction is that the addict seems to be voluntarily choosing things that are really hurtful - not just for the addict, but for the people they care most about. The same confusion comes up when we see the executives of addiction-based companies voluntarily making choices that harm their customers. <br/><br/>Why? We ask ourselves. How could they act that way?  When we speak to the addict, or to the executive, they seem like ordinary people, not monsters. <br/><br/>We can dispel some of our confusion, oddly enough, by asking another question: "Why...

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