Abstract
This paper problematizes the relation between artificial intelligence and psychoanalysis by posing three questions. First, what distinguishes the linguistic functioning of “talking things” such as AI systems from that of “speaking beings” structured by an unconscious? Second, can the functions of the psychoanalyst be automated without fundamentally altering the analytic process? Third, even if such automation were technically possible, would it preserve the ethical depth, transference, and existential stakes central to psychoanalysis? Framed through these questions, the paper interrogates analytic communication and the ethical implications of conferring onto a talking thing the analytic position of the subject supposed to know: one grounded foremost in knowing what it is to be alive.
How to Cite:
Brahnam, S. B., (2026) “Questioning Artificial Intelligence in Psychoanalysis”, EJP import test SD7.
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