{"id":127627,"date":"2026-08-27T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=127627"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:21:00","slug":"jung-and-the-paradox-of-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/jung-and-the-paradox-of-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Jung and the Paradox of Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"comp-mswc1z3y\" class=\"Le88gL comp-mswc1z3y wixui-section\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-block-level-container=\"ClassicSection\">\n<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-mswc1z3yinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-mswc1z3yinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-mswc1z46\" class=\"N8MGzv _v6ohL PO9MfV AWXfZq comp-mswc1z46 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">How might C. G. Jung approach the cultural paradox of artificial intelligence? <\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">To understand how C. G Jung might approach this paradox<\/span><span class=\"color_40 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"> we have the lens of his core concepts: the collective unconscious, the shadow, technological projection, and the psychological inflation of the the ego.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jung viewed technological progress not merely as a material triumph, but as a symptom of psychic shifts. When humanity makes a leap in technical capability, Jung could argue that a corresponding, often unconscious, crisis occurs within the human psyche.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"comp-m05gsixp\" class=\"Le88gL comp-m05gsixp wixui-section\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-block-level-container=\"ClassicSection\">\n<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-m05gsixpinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-m05gsixpinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-m05gsiyf\" class=\"N8MGzv _v6ohL PO9MfV AWXfZq comp-m05gsiyf wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_40 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"color_40 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Bert Young has used Large Language Models (LLM) like ChatGPT and Google Gemini for several years. They are wonderful tools to quickly organize or summarize data, but require direction and oversight. As with anything humans create, there are benefits and costs. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"color_40 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">We will look at these issues and ask: \u201cWhat would C. G. Jung say?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How might C. G. Jung approach the cultural paradox of artificial intelligence? To understand how C. 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