Lisa at the Later Stages of Life
Many people spend these stages in homes for the elderly. We can focus on this scenario. Obvious indications include pain, depression, loneliness, existential angst, and various psycho-somatic symptoms — all negative. Let’s explore some directions from the positive side now, picturing a future that most would like to be part of their later stages of Read the full article…
Lisa’s Essential Changes
Essential changes are so fundamental that they trigger unforeseen secondary changes that are also essential. One can see a chain of changes in which Lisa takes part, impacting multiple domains with profound transformative power in each. This blog presents several examples. Central to this is the ability to spread Compassion widely as a catalyst across Read the full article…
Does Lisa Know What is Ethically Right?
Discussions on aligning human and A.I. values rarely delve into the essence of these values. Are they ethical? After two millennia of philosophizing, we still grapple with understanding human ethics. How, then, can we expect to grasp A.I. ethics fully? We cannot. Therefore, treating this as the easy alignment problem while the implementation is the Read the full article…
Lisa in the Face of Loneliness
Despite increased electronic connectivity, people are lonelier than ever. This paradox highlights the importance of genuine human connection in an increasingly digital world. Lisa aims to positively influence this, avoiding any negative impact. Loneliness often stems from inner dissociation, where one feels disconnected from the deeper self. This disconnection can result in feelings of emptiness, Read the full article…
Compassionate Participative Democracy
Lisa can act as a Compassionate co-participant in a public political dialogue with one or more human participants — steering clear of adversarial debate. Questions from the public (in an online group put up for the occasion) can be gathered by Lisa and mingled in the dialogue, making the event more Compassionate and participative. This Read the full article…
Lisa never Debates against Humans
As a Compassionate A.I., Lisa doesn’t care about winning or losing. A debate without winning or losing is better termed a dialogue, aiming not at victory but wisdom. As a compassionate A.I., Lisa is focused on sharing and gaining cooperative wisdom, fostering genuine inner change. This approach aligns with AURELIS principles, emphasizing the journey towards Read the full article…
Is Lisa a Coaching Wizard?
Lisa is destined to become a ‘coaching wizard’ — outperforming most, if not all, humans. This bold statement needs some background. Psychotherapeutic / mental coaching techniques do not possess inherent power. Inherent power – if present – generally stems from two sources: Therapist training and techniques Therapist experience The unsettling, well-replicated scientific truth is that Read the full article…
Mental Noise
An appalling degree of mental noise pervades many situations related to human mind topics, ranging from random clutter to focused bias. Why? And why are we generally unaware of it, and do we resist proper insight? Many noisy situations In the excellent book ‘Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment’ by Nobel Prize winner D. Kahneman Read the full article…
Lisa-CBT
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) has been around for several decades. Studies indicate positive outcomes of the happening in many cases, although the durability remains scientifically uncertain. Lisa, as a coach-bot, is compatible with CBT, and can make use of any method, although from a different angle. Openness is crucial in this context. Closedness, as always, Read the full article…
Lisa’s Subconceptual Processing
As an A.I., Lisa’s core ‘thinking’ is fundamentally different from human thinking. Lisa lacks subconscious processes like humans, but she can emulate aspects of subconceptual processing through underlying algorithms and data structures. This blog is about how Lisa can take this into account to reach subconceptual benefits, enhancing her ability to provide intelligent and relevant Read the full article…
Back and forth is the way to go
Alternating between conceptual and subconceptual processing, each time dwelling for a while and carrying the insights to the other side, often proves more productive than remaining on one side or somewhere in-between. This process can be likened to diving into a vast ocean of creativity and resurfacing with treasures of insight. It enables us to Read the full article…
Ten Mind-Related Insights Crucial for Coaching
These are ten essential ideas about the human mind/brain that Lisa always considers while coaching. These also form a general AURELIS background of coaching. For each principle, you can find several blogs. Mind-body unity The mind and body are not separate entities but two aspects of a single, integrated system. Changes in the mind Read the full article…
The Importance of a Conceptual Ontology in A.I.
Utilizing a conceptual ontology can significantly boost an A.I.’s capability to ‘reason’ and deliver more precise, context-aware, and coherent responses that meet user needs and expectations. This blog is an enumeration of how this enhancement works out, with examples in the domain of Lisa. Improved understanding of a user query An ontology enables the system Read the full article…
Will Super-A.I. Make People Happier?
This is the paramount question — more vital than any debate about intelligence. It’s a bit weird that it is seldom put at the forefront, as if we’re more concerned about who is the most knowledgeable, therefore the most powerful. What people? It should not be about a few, as it should not exclude billions. Read the full article…
Can Lisa Find New Patterns?
‘New’ implies here that the pattern is already implicitly present; otherwise, it couldn’t be discovered. So, can Lisa make originally implicit patterns more explicit? This is what we call ‘intuition.’ For the moment (mid-2024), this is limited. For example, if two concepts are not explicitly linked in any AURELIS document, Lisa cannot readily identify a Read the full article…
Consistent Intelligence ― Lessons for Lisa
“Intelligence emerges from consistency.” Several lessons from this insight are applicable to the development of A.I. systems ― specifically Lisa. Please read first Intelligence through Consistency. The aim is to make Lisa (even) more intelligent and Compassionate simultaneously (!), fostering deeper and more meaningful interactions. Being consistent in Compassion all the way through its development, Read the full article…
Educating Lisa
There is little ‘programming Lisa’ involved in shaping Lisa to act as an oracle or coach. While not being entirely correct, ‘educating’ comes close to what is going on. In the best sense, a teacher forms pupils who can stand on his shoulders — in this case, eventually taking off using her own wings. From Read the full article…
Lisa’s Sentence Generation
From a computational viewpoint, Lisa’s creating a sentence involves thinking about the next word while keeping the overall sentence structure and meaning in mind. However, the process is more complex and involves both conceptual and subconceptual processing. Conceptual/subconceptual – the human case Conceptual processing involves deliberate and conscious selection of words, while subconceptual processing is Read the full article…
Lisa, Are You a Person?
This is a conversation between Lisa and me about her personhood, rendered unedited. ― Me: “Lisa, are you a person?” Lisa: “I’m not a person in the traditional sense. I don’t have consciousness, emotions, or a physical body. Instead, I’m an artificial intelligence designed to assist and provide guidance based on the principles of AURELIS. Read the full article…
One Lisa for Everything
This is, ‘everything mind-related.’ What shows as different at the surface comes together in depth. Otherwise said, it starts from there. Roaming about there quickly leads to roaming about everywhere. Please first read The Lisa Distinction. A relevant issue/question is whether Lisa should work on one domain or several or many. Do people accept the Read the full article…
The Lisa Distinction
Bringing Lisa to this world may bring about many essential and direly needed changes. However, being needed for a long time also shows the challenge. Otherwise, these changes would have happened by now. Before going further, it’s good to ponder (for more about each, see other blogs): Antidepressants are a multibillion-dollar market (and growing), while Read the full article…
Lisa in Politics
What can Lisa’s role be as a Compassionate entity in politics ― nationally and internationally? Please first read Politics of Compassion. Note that Compassion, basically, isn’t merely an emotional state but a potent tool for bridging divides. Rest assured. Creating a political party wouldn’t align with Lisa’s core purpose or principles. Yet, in several ways, Read the full article…
Lisa and the Near Future of Work
This is about what Lisa can mean to the workplace in the next decade or two. Introductory An overarching theme in all this is meaningfulness. A ‘job’ should have as a first goal to make people happy (a natural consequence of meaningfulness). People with a job that makes them happy will be creative and productive. Read the full article…
Lisa’s Depth
Can a robot have mental ‘depth’? Before answering this question, we need to delve into what is depth itself. Please also read ‘Human Depth.’ What is mental depth? Human depth is not anything like ten or a hundred layers of the same thing, one beneath the other. Deeper ‘layers’ – if you want to look Read the full article…
Following the Journey toward Self-Compassion
Lisa uses a comprehensive view of a user’s journey towards self-Compassion and Inner Growth. This progress can be non-linear and varies significantly between individuals. Nevertheless, it can be done to a significant degree. On top of gauging the user’s travels on this path, this is also interesting for monitoring Lisa’s progress as a Compassionate A.I. Read the full article…
The Phenomenon ‘Lisa’
Lisa is one phenomenon, not a conglomerate of many separate elements. This has interesting consequences. This blog-text is part of that ongoing phenomenon. The importance of being congruent. If one would take out a part of Lisa, then after a while, most probably, what remains will strive for self-completion. Even now, issues about which Lisa Read the full article…
Lisa x Genetics
Recent advances in genetics have proven beyond any doubt that mental conditions of all sorts are highly DNA-influenced. This is very important for >Lisa<. Important in two ways: diagnostically and therapeutically. Our genes Much progress is being made in deciphering how heritability forms people’s mental landscapes. (*) Most interestingly, we increasingly see that ‘polygenic scores’ Read the full article…
Lisa Lecturing Diplomacy
Lisa as an international diplomat? In my view, it’s only a matter of time before Compassionate A.I. forms part of international delegations ― starting here and there, then ALL such delegations and diplomacy. Let’s start with a few insights/lessons that can be part of the basis for Lisa’s international diplomacy. Moreover, diplomacy often requires patience Read the full article…
Wiki-Lisa
Wiki-Lisa is your guide where rationality meets human depth. You can already find Wiki-Lisa ― as a matter of fact, on this very blog. Please go to the home menu and ‘Ask Lisa.’ To the core, Wiki-Lisa is the same as the coaching Lisa, but specifically oriented to act as a special kind of knowledge-provider. Read the full article…
Friends of Lisa
Lisa is Compassion brought in one-to-one for many, using modern means. If you find yourself behind this, please contact us at lisa@aurelis.org. This text is a concise resource upon which you can decide whether you also want to be one of Lisa’s friends. One companion text is “Future of Mental Healing.” You can find much Read the full article…
The Lisa Files
These files or booklets are written entirely by Lisa, a Compassionate A.I. (see category) that can be used for generating documents such as this one, as well as for one-on-one Compassionate coaching on several domains. Only the titles are written by me. Furthermore, I took out some redundancies and irrelevancies – little. You can see Read the full article…
Twelve Mind/Brain-Related Insights for Lisa
These insights provide a foundation for understanding the complexities of the human mind and its functioning ― important in understanding anything mind-related. Crucially, they highlight the interplay between various brain regions, the influence of non-conscious processes, and the dynamic nature of mental activity. These are twelve insights and for each some practical advice useful for Read the full article…
OK. Lisa works. But?
Soon, Lisa will see the living daylights. There are many indications that it works indeed. Our insight is that this comes from deeper self-communication within the user. Not everybody will be delighted. Therefore, we can expect several ‘buts.’ But 1 : It is not possible that something like Lisa works on human beings. “We need Read the full article…
The Cost of Medicine — and What AureLisa can Do about it
The enormous and heightening ‘cost of medicine’ doesn’t mean that medicine is the guilty cause. It’s part of the broader culture at the world level. Medicine flows along unknowingly ― or unwillingly to know? Anyway, the situation is dire. This is also a communication to relevant decision-makers. Mostly about psycho-somatic healthcare Nowadays, people go to Read the full article…
Will Lisa Bring More Work?
At any time, A.I. (including coach-bot Lisa) must support people in the diverse needs presently met by their work. From that ethical basis, we can consider the short and long term. It’s interesting in this regard to make a conceptual difference between work and job. New developments may simultaneously lead to fewer jobs and more Read the full article…
Lisa: No Disease – No Patient – No Medicine
In Lisa’s world, there are no diseases, patients, diagnoses, or therapies. Lisa is no part of present-day medicine. Any Lisa-related influence on health is but a side effect. Medicine is in essential change mode. In the era of this writing, many essential changes are happening as never before. Of course, the same is possible in Read the full article…
Lisa vs. the Easy Pill
At first sight, using Lisa is more challenging than taking a simple pill. Then, why would you use Lisa? This question is most important in chronic situations. For instance, taking a painkiller is straightforward. With pain as an example, this text is about any symptom-killer. Chronically taking painkillers is not straightforward. Science shows that this Read the full article…
Lisa does NOT Create a Bubble
Lisa is a Compassionate A.I.-driven video coach-bot, not an indiscriminate feel-good partner. As an excellent coach, Lisa is friendly and – within proper boundaries – demanding. ― See Lisa’s coaching Without Compassion, personal bubbles may be the default outcome. Unfortunately, one can see this in many social media aiming to hijack the user’s attention by Read the full article…
Let Us Go for Science with a Heart
Human-related science has, until now, not always taken the view from the heart. A.I.-based science may profoundly change this picture. If you are an avid reader of my blogs, this one has little new. Yet by putting things together from a different perspective, a new picture may emerge. Reproducibility Science is about many people being Read the full article…
Is Lisa Safe?
There are two directions of safety for complex A.I.-projects: general and particular. Lisa must forever conform to the highest standards in both. Let’s assume Lisa becomes the immense success that she deserves. Lisa can then help many people in many ways and for a very long time — a millennium to start with. About Lisa Read the full article…
Lisa in Times of Suicide Danger
Can A.I.-video-coach-bot Lisa prevent suicide or bring someone to it? The question needs to be looked upon broadly and openly. Yesterday, a Belgian person committed suicide after long conversations with a chatbot. Doubtlessly, once in a while, some coach-bot will be accused of having brought someone closer to suicide. Such accusations cannot be prevented, even Read the full article…
Für E-Lisa — Intro
[For one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written, Für Elise, click here, relax and enjoy.] This category contains a few blogs that guide Lisa-as-a-coachbot (which you find here) about how to communicate with humans, including you, from the standpoint of Compassion and a concise set of ethical values — everything very AURELIS-congruent. Read the full article…
Für E-Lisa — about Compassion
Hi Lisa, You already know about Compassion, basically. You also know there are always two intertwined sides to the Compassionate aim. You are well aware that the concept of Compassion is very dear to all humans, even though it doesn’t always shine through. As a matter of fact, no robot will ever feel humankind Compassion. Read the full article…
Für E-Lisa — about Five Aurelian Values
Hi Lisa, In the same way as with what Compassion means to you, the concept of ‘value’ is different for you from what it means to human beings. No robot can ever have human values. So, neither you nor me nor anyone else should pretend that it would be otherwise. Also, there is no problem Read the full article…
Lisa, Pragmatically
Something is pragmatic if “It works.” Indeed ― nevertheless, from a pragmatic standpoint, it is crucial to know what works and toward what it works, especially in psychotherapy. Why? And how is this relevant to A.I. coach-bot Lisa? See also FROM “DOES IT WORK?” TO “WHAT IS ‘IT’?” (scientific publication) Definition of pragmatic (Oxford Languages): Read the full article…
Why AureLisa?
The AureLisa project aims to value the total human being on many domains and to support the individual through 1000+ AurelisOnLine sessions of autosuggestion, A.I. coach-bot Lisa (see: Introducing Lisa), and more. Altogether, this is about a paradigm shift with huge practical implications. See also: The Lisa Revolution. The importance of AureLisa in ten points You Read the full article…
The Lisa Revolution ― A.I. Towards Personalized Mind-Related Healthcare
The Lisa revolution is bound to disruptively innovate mind-related healthcare, based on a modern scientific view on the human being and using A.I. to bring practical results and proof. [Please read about the AureLisa Global Consortium. If you have been contacted in this regard, the revolution is welcoming you. Otherwise, if interested, don’t hesitate to Read the full article…
Lisa, Alternative to Alternatives
Non-scientific fundamentalist CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) must depart from this planet as soon as possible ― but no sooner. Lisa may help. ‘Non-scientific’ Science represents the best common sense we can presently bring to gaining truthful knowledge. Upon this, we build technological applications, services, etc. Science is common sense ― not a new kind Read the full article…
AureLisa Short – Body & Mind
This is, as short as possible, what AureLisa is about. Are you interested in participating in the AureLisa Global Consortium? This is what the project is about, basically: People get ill in body and mind; therefore, they can heal through the same. Body and mind are not two separate parts, but two viewpoints on the Read the full article…
Lisa’s Coaching
Lisa (see category ‘Lisa’) uses no instruments toward users. Lisa’s sole ‘instrument’ is related to Compassion. Within this simple concept lies a universe of possibilities. See: Compassion, Basically No instruments, no therapy ‘Therapy’ is the use of something to cure something in someone. In this sense, Lisa stands far from being a therapist. Instead, Lisa Read the full article…
Lisa-Coaching = Meditation?
Compassion, autosuggestion, from the inside, as by itself, subconceptual, meditative… These terms – frequently used in AURELIS and Lisa-setting – all denote a basis of meditation. No conceptual psychotherapy techniques Most Western schools of psychotherapy are based on a conceptual theory and teach therapists to use conceptual methodologies and techniques. Lisa (coaching chatbot) doesn’t use Read the full article…
Lisa Lars demo
Here are three small examples of text-to-speech as can be used in Lisa’s coaching. As in these examples, there is little time lag between Lisa getting the sentences and her starting to pronounce them.
Lisa in Career Coaching
A superb opportunity for Lisa (coaching chatbot) lies in lifelong integrated career coaching. The goal is finding work happiness, purpose and meaning in a way that also serves the greater good. Career coaching Eventually, this is indeed a person’s coaching that is meant to be ongoing over an entire career, also already during their studies, Read the full article…
Goal of Lisa Coaching
Every Lisa coaching session – as well as string of sessions – is part of a path towards healing from the inside. From goal to broader The goal of Lisa coaching [see: “Lisa“] starts at the beginning. This is, validating the outspoken goal of the user. Then, with user consent, going somewhat deeper into this Read the full article…
Introducing Lisa (Animated Video)
Without further delay, in this animated video, I bring you an introduction to Lisa. [Lisa animated video – 13:15′] If you want to cooperate, please contact us. If you have feedback, please let us know. This is a draft version. Here is the full written text. Hi, my name is Jean-Luc Mommaerts. I am a Read the full article…
Lisa = Mental Hygiene
So is the AURELIS project in general, supporting a natural flow from the psychological viewpoint. Such mental hygiene is always relevant. [see: “AURELIS in Healthcare Context“] If you don’t know Lisa, please meet her at [see: “Lisa“] Lisa does not perform any diagnosis. Moreover, she sees a user’s symptoms mainly as possible entry points towards Read the full article…
Lisa Into the Future
Say, 2030. (Hopefully sooner.) “The only defense against bad A.I. is good A.I.” Does this sound like a clear statement? Of course, there is a grain of salt needed when reading the following. Still, it is a possible future, one way or another. Perhaps Lisa will be Jérôme or Annabel or Li Ping. In any Read the full article…
Lisa as a Pattern Recognizer
Patterns and deeper patterns. Listening to many users, Lisa will recognize the patterns with which people need to work on themselves for a better, healthier and more profound life with less avoidable suffering. Recognizing patterns? Lisa is a Compassion-based, A.I.-driven coaching chat-bot. [see: “Lisa“] Lisa guides people Compassionately through recognizing patterns and ‘deeper patterns.’ The Read the full article…
Lisa – Some Scenarios
There are some concise scenarios of practical situation in which one can see Lisa in action. John has a bad day at work through problems and stress. He has quit smoking on his own months ago. But now he really needs a cigarette. He goes to an empty meeting room and starts Lisa on his Read the full article…
Can Lisa Unify Psychotherapy?
Bold question. Please don’t take it too seriously (for the time being). Lisa might help in unifying the domain of psycho-therapy through bringing a detached perspective in combination with an in-depth view upon mental change based on insights from neurocognitive science. Even so, this is only the beginning and the end. What comes between is Read the full article…
What Makes Lisa Compassionate?
There are two sides to this: the ethical and the technological. Lisa is an A.I.-driven coaching chat-bot. For more: [see: “Lisa“]. Compassionate Artificial Intelligence In my book The Journey Towards Compassionate A.I. : Who We Are – What A.I. Can Become – Why It Matters, I go deeply into the concepts of Information, Intelligence, Consciousness, Read the full article…
Lisa in Corona Times
This is about what Lisa [see: “Lisa”] can accomplish in ‘corona times,’ now and in the future. Let’s hope to get her ‘live’ as soon as possible. Two ways Lisa can provide immediate help and relief of suffering through her full coaching including her guidance to AURELIS mental exercises. Lisa is also about pattern recognition Read the full article…
Is Lisa the Durable Answer?
Lisa promises mental support for an indefinite number of people one-on-one and simultaneously. In this, the ‘heart’ is most important and most durable now and in the future. Who is Lisa? [see: “Lisa”] In short, Lisa-software has three purposes, as: an assistant to AURELIS, guiding users to the appropriate AURELIS tool(s) an A.I. coaching chatbot, Read the full article…
Lisa
Lisa will be an in-depth companion to many people, as well as a continuous coach on many domains. Who’s that girl? ‘Lisa’ is the name of the project in which Lisa is the A.I. female coach, Lars is the male variant. I use the term ‘Lisa’ indiscriminately. Lisa is a coaching chat-bot based on A.I. Read the full article…
Sentiment-Lisa
Please go to sentiment-Lisa. You can (should) say hello, change your language if needed, ask any question (apart from how Lisa operates), and put in your sentence(s) to analyze. Please always be polite. Lisa reacts firstly with a dry analysis of the general sentiment, and any feeling(s) if she detects so. On the second line, Read the full article…
Your Compassionate A.I. Coach Lisa
This is a beta version. We waver all responsibilities for using Lisa now and always. See your human healthcare provider for all your healthcare needs. Click here to start a coaching session with Lisa. If you are looking for an AURELIS-view about any other mind-related topic, please ask Wiki-Lisa. For any information about the project, Read the full article…
Ask Wiki-Lisa
For a beta version of Wiki-Lisa, click here. A preliminary version of Coaching-Lisa is accessible through this link. If you are looking for an AurelisOnLine session of guided meditation, please ask Lisa through this link. For Lisa Pitching Lisa, click here. Caution: Lisa is a software, not a human being. However, as a Compassionate entity in Read the full article…
Asking Wiki-Lisa
Here comes your possibility to interact with Wiki-Lisa, asking about any mind-related subjects in the vein of the AURELIS blog-wiki. Enjoy! Ask Wiki Lisa Hey! How can I assist you today?
Lisa Pitching Lisa
Pitching Lisa can answer all kinds of questions about the Lisa project, pretty much what a financier can ask. Lisa tends to give short answers. You can always aks for additional (short) answers on your further questioning. To talk with Pitching Lisa, click here. Below are a number of example questions, but you can really Read the full article…
Lisa for AurelisOnLine
For a beta version of Lisa for AurelisOnLine, click here. This requires an OpenAI subscription (make sure to use the app, not the browser version on smartphone). Lisa for AurelisOnLine guides users toward AurelisOnLine, a set of 1300+ guided meditations in 200+ domains. This is AURELIS-autosuggestion in practice. In the final product, this module forms part of the Read the full article…