Socijalna psihijatrija, Vol. 54 No. 2, 2026.
Sažetak sa skupa
https://doi.org/10.24869/spsih.2026.178
When Words Fall Silent: The Subject in the Face of Artificial Intelligence
Tonći Mastelić
; Klinika za psihijatriju, Klinički bolnički centar Split, Spinčićeva 1, 21000 Split, Hrvatska; Katedra za psihološku medicinu, Medicinski fakultet, Sveučilište u Splitu, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Hrvatska; Katedra za psihijatriju, Medicinski fakultet, Sveučilište u Splitu, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Hrvatska
Nina Rančić
; Klinika za psihijatriju, Klinički bolnički centar Split, Spinčićeva 1, 21000 Split, Hrvatska
*
Tonka Borovina Marasović
; Klinika za psihijatriju, Klinički bolnički centar Split, Spinčićeva 1, 21000 Split, Hrvatska
Ivan Urlić
; Medicinski fakultet, Sveučilište u Splitu, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Hrvatska
* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
The rapid development of artificial intelligence
has led to its spread into different spheres of human
life and many areas of human activity. Chatbots,
or conversational agents, have very quickly
begun to be used for seeking emotional support.
Although given the novelty of the technology,
there are only a few studies, negative effects of
this practice have already been documented. Experts
emphasize that these are large language
models that statistically predict the next word
and generate a response in natural language. In
other words, behind a chatbot’s response there
is no real empathy, understanding, meaning, or context. To highlight the difference from psychotherapy,
precisely those human qualities that artificial
intelligence lacks are emphasized. Our goal
was to approach this problem in a different way,
somewhat technicistically, from a mathematical
perspective. Neuropsychoanalysis underscores
the connection between needs, drives, and feelings,
and how important they are in our everyday
functioning. Authors such as Solms, Panksepp,
and Damasio have enabled a better understanding
of the neurobiological basis of drives and feelings,
as well as their purpose. Through the concept
of the “object small a,” Lacan emphasized the
constant vitality of need, that is, of desire that
does not disappear even when it is satisfied. Neuropsychoanalytic
research has confirmed his idea
that people do not desire something specific, but
rather the very act of desiring. Human nature is
such that we always have needs, drives, feelings,
and desires. As long as we are alive, they are present,
continually returning, leaving an impression
of infinity within our finite lives. Matte Blanco
used the mathematics of infinity and symmetrical
paradoxical logic to describe the human unconscious
and intense emotions as an eruption of
infinity from the unconscious into our conscious
mind. By contrast, artificial intelligence operates
on classical mathematics and asymmetrical Aristotelian
logic. While our mind constantly oscillates
between the conscious and the unconscious,
that is, between classical and paradoxical logic,
artificial intelligence would collapse under such a
paradox; an error would occur. Therefore, we believe
that artificial intelligence still cannot replace
the psychotherapist.
Ključne riječi
artificial intelligence; psychotherapy; Matte Blanco; mathematics of infinity; symmetrical paradoxical logic
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Datum izdavanja:
15.6.2026.
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