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Between Four Minds: Rethinking Human Relationships in the Age of AI
Tuesday May 13, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Shiley Marcos Center for Design Room 305
What happens when two people interact – not just as humans – but as augmented thinkers, each accompanied by an invisible AI co-mind? In a world increasingly shaped by AI companions, copilots, and advisors, our once two-mind relationships (teacher-student, doctor-patient, colleague-colleague, partner-partner) are becoming entanglements between four minds: yours, mine, and our respective machines.

This interactive session introduces the emerging concept of "Between Four Minds," a framework for understanding how AI mediates, reshapes, and even complicates human-to-human dynamics. We’ll explore its implications for education, where students and teachers are no longer isolated thinkers, but hybrid minds – relying on AI for writing, feedback, tutoring, and even emotional regulation.

Through discussion, practical scenarios, and audience reflection, we’ll consider: How do we navigate this new terrain ethically and relationally? What does “authentic” human connection look like when AI is always in the room? Participants will leave with new language, fresh questions, and space to co-construct this evolving framework together.
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avatar for Eric Anctil

Eric Anctil

Professor of Media and Technology, University of Portland
Eric Anctil is a professor of media and technology at the University of Portland, where he directs the Higher Education and Student Affairs graduate program and teaches in a variety of disciplines. Eric is first and foremost a technology provocateur; he is not an evangelist for technology... Read More →
Tuesday May 13, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Shiley Marcos Center for Design Room 305
  Ethics/Equity/Access

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