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Interview: talking techno-panic with Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Members'-only content Nick Smith — Tue 17 Oct 2023 — updated 6 Nov 2023

There’s nothing new in techno-panic, says psychologist and AI thought leader Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, But, as he outlines in “I, Human”, today could be the moment when technology really does make us look to our own humanity.

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