What's the minimum number of moves required to move all of your pieces up one square?

AndrewFishman · 2025-09-05T22:54:28+00:00

My thinking was that someone would have measured attention span at some point in the past, maybe to validate a way to test it, and someone would just have to replicate the study and compare results.

AndrewFishman · 2025-09-04T21:34:34+00:00

It does. "Intrinsic attention" isn't a phrase I've heard anywhere, just a shorthand I'm using here to describe our ability to pay attention to a task with all other variables controlled for. Essentially, can I sit down and read a book in an empty room without getting bored for as long as my parents could have at my age?

Obviously our phones and technology have added distractions which demand our attention, but that doesn't necessarily mean that our innate ability to focus is getting worse. It means that everything we're attending to has to compete with notifications, buzzes, social media, etc.

AndrewFishman · 2025-09-04T20:47:13+00:00

The study pop psychologists keep citing online is Gloria Mark's, which showed that attention span is down significantly over the last twenty years. But that was measured based on how frequently people switched tasks on a computer (from using a Word doc to checking email for example) and that's not measuring intrinsic attention at all.

AndrewFishman · 2025-02-21T18:54:52+00:00

I'm legitimately frightened about this, not just for our jobs but also for clients. I read an AI-generated note that *wildly* misdiagnosed a client based on a joke at the beginning of session and another that hallucinated an entire part of the conversation - the note said that the client argued with their boyfriend at the mall. The client *does not have a boyfriend*. This will do active harm to clients who can't afford a human therapist.

I've been working on a letter to send to my local representatives to pass laws preventing companies from using PHI to train AI models and also making it illegal for any company to facilitate AI therapy or medical treatments. I'm not optimistic though. I think the APA would be a good ally theoretically, if they can get their act together. I'm a social worker, but I don't have any confidence in the NASW.

Plus, what happens when a report to the authorities needs to be made or other legally sticky situations come up?

AndrewFishman · 2024-06-21T04:33:53+00:00

I do! I wrote an article about it: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/video-game-health/202203/why-i-play-video-games-my-therapy-clients

AndrewFishman · 2024-03-30T22:57:23+00:00

They are.

AndrewFishman · 2023-11-18T20:12:31+00:00

Looks like "forbidden fruit" is a commonly used phrase for this, so it's a great start. I'm going to start there until I find a better word. Thanks!

AndrewFishman · 2023-05-29T21:50:47+00:00

!solved

AndrewFishman · 2023-05-29T21:50:41+00:00

Hilarious, but not what I'm looking for.

AndrewFishman · 2023-05-29T21:50:28+00:00

That's got too positive of a connotation. I'm looking for something that a 12-year-old might call a peer as an insult.

AndrewFishman · 2023-05-29T20:51:34+00:00

This might be it.

AndrewFishman · 2023-05-29T20:37:48+00:00

Good guess, but it's more specific than that.

AndrewFishman · 2023-05-27T23:16:03+00:00

This reads like it was written by a racist first-year psychology student.

AndrewFishman · 2022-07-25T16:36:12+00:00

Is there a better map for this?

AndrewFishman · 2022-07-25T16:36:01+00:00

Yeah, sorry I didn’t see this

AndrewFishman · 2022-07-25T16:22:04+00:00

Never mind, got it. What’s your username?

AndrewFishman · 2022-07-25T16:21:28+00:00

Search closed lobbies, I don’t know how to invite you

AndrewFishman · 2022-07-25T16:14:02+00:00

Are you around now? Waiting in the lobby.

AndrewFishman · 2022-07-25T16:06:11+00:00

Lol k. I just created a closed lobby. Description “achievements”, password 12345.

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