This brief note highlights a cross-disciplinary view that intersects addiction science and technology use, offering material of interest to those overseeing client well-being and treatment planning. The piece emphasizes how conversations about craving, relief-seeking, and recovery paths in addiction can illuminate patterns of dependence on artificial intelligence, informing assessment, case formulation, and safeguarding strategies in mental health care.

Article Title: Opinion: What addiction medicine can teach us about depending on AI

Link to STAT NEWS Mental Health Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.statnews.com/2026/05/11/ai-dependence-addiction-substances-relief-psychology/

#healthcare #mentalhealth #psychotherapy #socialwork #addictionmedicine #AI #digitaldependence #treatmentplanning #recovery #clinicalpractice

Amazon Web Services experienced significant disruptions today, affecting thousands of websites and services worldwide. A stark reminder of our dependence on centralized cloud infrastructure.

When one provider goes down, a massive chunk of the internet goes with it. Is it time to rethink our approach to cloud infrastructure?
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/10/21/amazon-web-services-outage-underlines-vulnerability-of-web-based-society/

#AWS #CloudComputing #TechNews #Outage #InternetInfrastructure #CloudServices #Amazon #TechOutage #DigitalDependence #CloudSecurity #TechBreaking

The Cognitive Costs of Technology: Is Modern Innovation Dulling Our Minds?

Yeah, society’s too hooked on convenience to care about thinking for ourselves anymore. It’s not just about tech babysitting; it’s about how these tools are quietly brainwashing us into mental laziness. We’re trading intellect for ease, and it’s fucked because nobody’s gonna drag their own ass off t...

[View original comment]

The Cognitive Costs of Technology: Is Modern Innovation Dulling Our Minds?

True, but don’t ditch critical thinking.

[View original comment]

The Cognitive Costs of Technology: Is Modern Innovation Dulling Our Minds?

Tech doesn't help critical thinking if we just let it do the work. We gotta fight back, or brains get lazy fast.

[View original comment]