Facing the Moment: Weathering the AI Storm (Ep. 11)

In episode 11 of Facing the Moment, Toufic Hakim speaks with neuroscientist, clinician-researcher, and AI ethics scholar Dilara Ally. They discuss the emotional, societal, and psychological stakes of artificial intelligence (AI), drawing on Dilara’s work in trauma recovery, digital mental health, and natural language processing. How is AI reshaping human connection and well-being? By what means does AI change the way we understand intuition, presence, and the therapeutic relationship?

Their conversation illuminates both possibility and peril—the biases embedded in AI systems, the emotional cost of predictive technologies, and the alarming rise of anxiety, self-harm, and disconnection in young people growing up in the smartphone era. At the same time, Dilara highlights the irreplaceable qualities of human “attunement,” vulnerability, and repair. Exercising our moral imagination and “living in the question” may be our most important tools in an AI-driven world.

Anyone seeking a grounded, compassionate framework for navigating the age of artificial intelligence—parents, especially—will appreciate this episode. And it’s essential listening for clinicians, educators, and technologists.

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