Episode 48: Emotional Outsourcing: When AI Starts Thinking and Feeling for Us

from AI-Ignited · host Elif Başer

What happens when we stop processing emotions on our own and let AI do it for us? In this episode of AI Ignited, host Elif Baser sits down with Bahar Üskalkan to explore “emotional outsourcing” and how AI is reshaping decision-making, emotional regulation, and identity formation in Gen Z. Drawing on research from MIT, Stanford, and Nature Human Behaviour, they unpack the comfort AI offers, the hidden psychological costs, and how to use these tools without losing autonomy, resilience, or self-trust.

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