July 2, 2025

“We are not evolutionarily, psychologically prepared to understand that AI does not have general intelligence,” UC Merced Associate Professor Colin Holbrook said.
He warns that AI is a dangerous tool to trust.
Henry’s post says she “moved too fast under pressure,” and Holbrook says that stress is exactly what gets people into trouble with AI.
“The stakes are high and people feel a lot of pressure,” Holbrook said. “One thing I’m very concerned about is the dramatic, you know, tragic cost of over-trust when people are stressed in that way.”
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