Coming of Age with Generative AI: Adolescent Mental Health at the Next Digital Frontier
with Anne Maheux, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Adolescents’ adoption of generative AI chatbots has skyrocketed, with unknown impacts for mental health and development. Drawing on passive sensing, keystroke dynamics, natural language processing, scale development, and longitudinal school-based surveys. Anne will describe how youth engage with AI and the potential mental health implications of different usage patterns. She will close by outlining research priorities and potential intervention, design, and policy strategies to support youth well-being in the age of AI.
In-person attendance is reserved for Columbia affiliates only. External guests are welcome to join via Zoom; please register here, and the link will be emailed upon registration.
