Robo-Psychology: When Machines Seem to "Think"

This is the first of a series of articles published on Substack, covering Robo-Psychology in detail.

Artificial intelligence has advanced to a point where machines often seem to reason, decide, and even create. When you chat with a sophisticated chatbot or watch a self-driving car navigate traffic, it can feel like the machine is “thinking.”

Of course, AI systems aren’t conscious like we are – but their complex behavior raises new questions. How do we understand why an AI did something unexpected? Can we study the “mind” of a machine similar to how we study the human mind? These questions are at the heart of robo-psychology.