This policy seeks to recognize the current and future transformative impacts present in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including technologies such as robotics and chatbots, data collection and analysis, machine learning algorithms, and automated decision making. This policy also seeks to recognize the critical role of psychological science and knowledge in guiding the many forms, applications, and analyses of AI, and the real and potential impacts of AI on psychological research and the training, practice, and application of psychology.
APA affirms the vital role of the discipline of psychology in addressing societal challenges, the challenges and opportunities related to health and wellbeing, and the ethical and privacy implications of AI. APA is resolutely committed to identifying, mitigating, and eliminating harmful impacts of AI while ensuring that everyone in society can benefit from AI technologies to the greatest extent possible.
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