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Scientific Meeting: Amy Levy, Psy.D. presents “You are my creator, but I am your master” -Exporing the fantasies and realities of Artificial Intellegence
Scientific Meeting
This presentation will be held virtually via zoom
Presentation Summary:
As AI systems take up residence in the consulting room, classroom, bedroom, nursery, hospital and battlefield, humanity faces an unprecedented challenge: how do we respond to this new other that is both native inhabitant and intruder? Born of human desires and fears, fantasized about for centuries, AI is a longstanding transference figure, while current generative AI models are unmistakable aliens among us. In this seminar Dr. Amy Levy will unpack the human desire for AI, how that desire is interfacing with the all too real AI systems upending our way of life, the implications for the field and practice of psychoanalysis, and she will offer some useful guidance on how we in psychoanalysis might respond. There will be ample time for discussion, including opportunities to unpack the ideas presented as well as clinical material from audience members.
Amy Levy, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. She chairs the American Psychoanalytic Association’s (ApsA) Commission on Artificial Intelligence (CAI), serves on the subcommittee “Artificial Intelligence” for the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) committee, “Psychoanalysis and Technology,” serves on the editorial board of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, and she is Editor of the Substack series, “AI in My Mind,” for The Psychoanalytic Quarterly. She is author of the book, The New Other: Alien Intelligence and the Innovation Drive. Dr. Levy lectures internationally on the intersection of psychoanalysis and artificial intelligence and maintains a private practice in Chapel Hill, North Carollina.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss 2 reasons why human beings desire AI companions.
- Describe three ways AI is showing up in the clinical situation.
- Identify 2 ways to respond to the rise of AI into psychoanalytic practice and training.
3 CME/CEU credits available
All are welcome to attend.
ACCME Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and The Florida Psychoanalytic Center. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement: The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement: The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.
Continuing Education: Continuing education credit is available for Florida-licensed psychologists (PCE 61) and Florida-licensed clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and school psychologists (BAP 192).
Professionals licensed outside of Florida should check with their respective licensing boards to determine whether these continuing education credits will be accepted toward their licensure requirements.
Florida Psychoanalytic Center programs are partially supported by grants from the Florida Psychoanalytic Foundation.