<p>Get access to The Backroom (80+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I sit down with philosopher Isabel Millar, author of The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence, to think through ChatGPT and large language models using psychoanalysis. We get into Lacan and the Real, Symbolic, and Imaginary. Freud on repression and desire. Žižek on ideology and enjoyment. Then we push these ideas onto LLMs, from “hallucinations” and fantasy, to whether machines can “want,” to Big Other dynamics, creativity, safety, and the politics around AI.</p><p><br /></p><p>In The Backroom on Patreon, Isabel and I talk about love in the age of Artificial Intelligence, AI girlfriends, sexbots, and how OnlyFans and prostitution relate to the psychoanalytic understanding of Sexuality itself, which is different from the conventional understanding of sex.  </p><p><br /></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p><br /></p><p>00:00:00 Sexbotification, AI Girlfriends, &amp; more (The Backroom Preview)</p><p>00:03:55 The Importance of Psychoanalysis, Lacan &amp; Freud</p><p>00:14:45 The Stupidity of Intelligence, The Unconscious, Drive vs Desire</p><p>00:20:43 Can AI "think"? Can AI "enjoy"? Desire, Lack &amp; Enjoyment</p><p>00:45:43 Can AI become "Conscious" according to Psychoanalysis?  </p><p>00:54:56 Are ChatGPT and large language models becoming a 'Big Other' or an oracle of authority?</p><p>01:04:52 Can AI be creative or "original" in the psychoanalytic sense?</p><p>01:13:43 Love in The Age of Artificial Intelligence</p><p><br /></p><p>GUEST:</p><p>Isabelle Millar, philosopher, author of The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence</p><p>• Website: https://www.isabelmillar.com/</p><p><br /></p><p>FOLLOW 1Dime:</p><p>• Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime</p><p>• X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial</p><p>• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime</p><p>• Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee</p><p><br /></p><p>Outro Music by Karl Casey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this.</p>

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Psychoanalyzing ChatGPT (Ft. Isabel Millar)

NOV 23, 202576 MIN
1Dime Radio

Psychoanalyzing ChatGPT (Ft. Isabel Millar)

NOV 23, 202576 MIN

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<p>Get access to The Backroom (80+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I sit down with philosopher Isabel Millar, author of The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence, to think through ChatGPT and large language models using psychoanalysis. We get into Lacan and the Real, Symbolic, and Imaginary. Freud on repression and desire. Žižek on ideology and enjoyment. Then we push these ideas onto LLMs, from “hallucinations” and fantasy, to whether machines can “want,” to Big Other dynamics, creativity, safety, and the politics around AI.</p><p><br /></p><p>In The Backroom on Patreon, Isabel and I talk about love in the age of Artificial Intelligence, AI girlfriends, sexbots, and how OnlyFans and prostitution relate to the psychoanalytic understanding of Sexuality itself, which is different from the conventional understanding of sex.  </p><p><br /></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p><br /></p><p>00:00:00 Sexbotification, AI Girlfriends, &amp; more (The Backroom Preview)</p><p>00:03:55 The Importance of Psychoanalysis, Lacan &amp; Freud</p><p>00:14:45 The Stupidity of Intelligence, The Unconscious, Drive vs Desire</p><p>00:20:43 Can AI "think"? Can AI "enjoy"? Desire, Lack &amp; Enjoyment</p><p>00:45:43 Can AI become "Conscious" according to Psychoanalysis?  </p><p>00:54:56 Are ChatGPT and large language models becoming a 'Big Other' or an oracle of authority?</p><p>01:04:52 Can AI be creative or "original" in the psychoanalytic sense?</p><p>01:13:43 Love in The Age of Artificial Intelligence</p><p><br /></p><p>GUEST:</p><p>Isabelle Millar, philosopher, author of The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence</p><p>• Website: https://www.isabelmillar.com/</p><p><br /></p><p>FOLLOW 1Dime:</p><p>• Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime</p><p>• X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial</p><p>• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime</p><p>• Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee</p><p><br /></p><p>Outro Music by Karl Casey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this.</p>