Mindset Neuroscience Podcast Artificial Intelligence, Disembodied Wisdom: interview with Dr Mathilde Cerioli
Apr 29, 2025
Join neuroscientist Dr. Mathilde Cerioli, Chief Scientific Officer at Everyone.ai, as she dives into the interplay between artificial intelligence and child development. She discusses the challenges AI poses to learning and mental health, emphasizing the importance of human connection. Cerioli critiques gamification in education, promoting intrinsic motivation and resilience. The conversation also tackles AI biases, the anthropomorphism of technology, and the significance of physical presence in a digital age. Insights into creating beneficial AI for children round out this enlightening discussion.
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Learning is Inherently Fun
- Learning is naturally fun and mastery itself is inherently rewarding for children.
- Designing apps with extrinsic rewards often misleads and impedes true learning and engagement.
Embrace Resistance to Mature Ideas
- Challenge your idea with all worst-case scenarios to refine and mature it.
- Embrace resistance and diverse feedback to create stronger, more universal solutions.
The Risk of Anthropomorphizing AI
- AI is often anthropomorphized because humans naturally ascribe human traits to objects.
- This leads to risks as people treat AI as human despite its lack of true emotion or understanding.