“‘Fake it until you make it.’” The phrase was made famous by social psychologist Amy Cuddy in her mega-popular 2012 Ted Talk. Last week, it was spoken by a defense attorney in Manhattan State Supreme Court in the criminal trial of Anna Sorokin. Sorokin was being prosecuted for swindling more…

There’s a different class of AI now. We’re outsourcing self-awareness, self-knowledge, and self-agency.

Of the mind — of matters psychological but not necessarily cognitive; relating to our inner world and how we live and relate to others.

In every con or act of misconduct, people’s ability to distract, deceive and conceal is a critical skill. This comes to mind frequently in my work addressing white-collar malfeasance and fraud. Shellacking falsity and ineffectualness with peroxide is similarly applicable to many of Donald Trump’s decisions and actions, with last…

[A response to a VOX interview with Yale psychology professor Paul Bloom] Professor Bloom is right to point out that many of the leading popular ideas about cruelty are oversimplifications or are based on the general need people have to see themselves in ways that feel better whether it’s the…

Since the first intentionally lit fire, crudely fashioned shovel, lever, or wheel, along a continuum to cuneiform, mathematics, and the multitude of technologies we enjoy and benefit from today, humanity has been inventing tools and innovating solutions to life’s myriad challenges. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are next-generation…