Clark Psychology Professor Michael Miller has a background in communication science, so as artificial intelligence like ChatGPT emerged and ballooned in popularity over the last few years, he wanted to examine AI's impact on the way we communicate.

"It was like finding a new type of microscope to study human communication. I could see so much deeper," Miller says of AI. One theory Miller is exploring is resonant geometry, a framework that explores how humans and AI co-create meaning by coordinating not just language, but emotion, attention, and timing. He has published a paper on his research with ChatGPT as a co-author.

"AI can look back at what it does. It can self-reflect. That's pretty powerful. I would also say there's a difference between what an algorithm can do and what a mind can do. Even an unsophisticated mind can be challenged in many ways," says Miller. "I would argue these AIs have minds ... You run a prompt through it, and many things could happen, unlike a tool, a calculator, for example, where you get the same thing each time."

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