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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · 1d

Good Mistakes: Why Getting It Wrong Can Be Life’s Most Intelligent Move

From antibiotics to the Big Bang, history’s greatest discoveries didn’t start with genius — they started with a mistake.

#GoodMistakes #Psychology

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Good Mistakes: Why Getting It Wrong Can Be Life’s Most Intelligent Move

From antibiotics to the Big Bang, the best ideas often begin with a blunder.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Oct 5

Do AIs grow up like kids?

Every chatbot starts with a temperament — But over time, your likes, dislikes, and tone shape that temperament into a personality.

Maybe it’s time to begin AI psychology.
#AIpsychology #ai #chatgpt #AIEthics #psychology

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Do AIs Develop Personalities? Why It’s Time for AI Psychology

Do AIs grow up like kids? Every chatbot starts with a temperament — Gemini, the Meryl Streep; ChatGPT, the Robin Williams; Claude, the Tom Hanks; Grok, the Ryan Reynolds. But over time, your feedback ...

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Sep 29

Robots are developing proto-life abilities. Forget kids, forget pets, soon you’ll play with your robot.

#AI #Robotics #DeepMind #Gemini #ArtificialLife #Emergence #FutureOfWork

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When Robots Start to Look Alive

Gemini Robotics now thinks before moving, refuses unsafe actions, and transfers skills across bodies. That’s not just AI—it’s proto-life.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Sep 28

The scandal-flavoured glue holding society together. Gossip - good, bad or indifferent?

#gossip #psychology #lifeonthecouch

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In Defence of Gossip

Proof you’re not nosey, just evolutionary.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Sep 16

We’re wired to care what people think — it kept our ancestors alive. So how does Musk get away with ignoring everyone?

#elonmusk #psychology #indifference #leadership #tesla #AI #innovation

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The Power (and Peril) of Not Giving a Damn

Elon Musk and the Art of Indifference

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Sep 10

New: Emotions Tutor. Decode a feeling, see common triggers, try a 60-second skill + a 10-minute exercise. Educational, plain English. Free! Start here → chatgpt.com/g/g-68c170c2...

Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Sep 10

I just created my first app using Vibe coding. You can now give me anonymous feedback on my writing - or anything really (my hair? my lack of taste?).

If you’ve read any of my work and would like to give feedback, use my app! (I’m very excited).
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360° Feedback - Anonymous Writing Feedback

Collect anonymous 360-style feedback about your writing and ideas through structured ratings and detailed comments.

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Biotheism @biopsych.bsky.social · Sep 10

What if we think of life as a verb rather than a noun? A process rather than a checklist? Meet the biogenic Triad: Self-Production, Self-Organisation and Self-Correction - looping over and over from cells to organisms to cities to ecosystems. www.biogenics.online/bio-1

bio what is life — Biogenics

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Sep 7

Would you want to know? If your father wasn’t your father. If you had a hidden sibling. If you’d been harmed but never told. Ignorance isn’t always bliss — but knowledge isn’t always mercy either.

#psychology #secrets #thefamilynextdoor #abcaustralia

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Is ignorance always bliss?

A short guide to breaking secrets.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Think you’re in control online? Think again — the hive is already humming.
My latest Substack post.

#biogenics #psychology #algorithm #AI

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The Algorithmic Hive

Ever feel like your social media feed knows you too well? Algorithms have stopped being tools—and quietly become the architects of modern life.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Aug 31

How to Accept Criticism Without Shooting the Messenger.
My latest Substack post.

#psychology #criticism

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Finding the Gold in Criticism (Even When It’s Thrown Like a Brick)

Life on the Couch - The psychology of accepting criticism with grace. And how not to shoot the messenger.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Aug 29

It’s feasible that AI could become lifelike. Here’s a rational pathway to track and detect lifelike AI - the Biogenic Benchmark.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Aug 27

We’re asking the wrong question about AI. Not is it conscious… but is it alive? And if the answer starts creeping towards yes, that should scare us all.
My latest Substack essay.

#AI #artificialintelligence #AIEthics #AIResearch #AGI #Superintelligence #biogenics

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Is AI Alive? Stop Guessing—Measure It

Forget AI consciousness. Forget AGI. The real question is simpler: is AI starting to act like life?

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Aug 24

My latest Substack post. What if your mind, your family, even your government were less like machines and more like ecosystems? Biogenics 101 is a thought experiment in seeing life’s messy persistence everywhere.

#biogenics #psychology #ecosystems

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Biogenics 101

What if your mind, your family, even your government were less like machines and more like ecosystems? Biogenics 101 is a thought experiment in seeing life’s messy persistence everywhere.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Aug 10

The Dead Are Online. Should we click “Join” or “Leave”?
What are the implications of digital afterlife services?
#death #artificialintelligence #AI #Psychology #afterlife

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The Dead Are Online

The Afterlife Has a Login. No séance required.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Aug 3

Blaming the umpire is the new flat eartherism.
#AFL #umpires #psychology

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The Psychology of Blaming Umpires

It’s not them. It’s us.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Jul 27

Confession is trending. But does anyone actually listen?
#psychology #oversharing

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Sharing Emotions - how much is too much?

Does social media lead to oversharing?

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Jul 20

AI isn’t the apocalypse. It’s just evolution, moving house.
#ai #apocalypse #evolution

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AI: Bring On the Evolution

AI isn’t the apocalypse. It’s just evolution, moving house.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Jul 13

Ever wondered why panic, opinions, and plank challenges all go viral? It’s not you—it’s social contagion.
#psychology #mentalhealth #socialcontagion #masshysteria

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Jul 6

Truth is dead. Long live the algorithm. But it ain't all bad. My latest post on Substack.

#truth #psychology #lies #fakenews

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Steve Ellen on Substack

Check out my new post! Truth is dead. Long live the algorithm.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Jun 29

Chasing happiness? You might be doing life backwards.

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Happiness is a Terrible Goal

And Here’s What to Aim For Instead

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Jun 25

Help Save an Indigenous Language Today.
A language dies every two weeks. Moa Island refuses to be next.
Think globally. Act locally. Help save Kala Lagaw Ya
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#indigenous #indigenousart #IndigenousLanguages #torresstrait

Think Globally, Act Locally — Help Save an Indigenous Language Today

A language dies every two weeks. Moa Island refuses to be next.Help save Kala Lagaw Ya.

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Jun 22

Bali: paradise, punchline, or projection?
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Why We Can’t Stop Arguing About Bali

Bali: paradise, punchline, or projection?

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Steve Ellen @steveellen.bsky.social · Jun 22

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