Wednesday, February 25, 2026

California black oak (Quercus kelloggii): After the state of the union - Greetings from @WorldUnivAndSch building on CC-4 MIT OCW in 7 languages (& see https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/01/asparagus-gharoensis.html re SotU record) * * * How are people using Chatbots generatively for talk-therapy ? How could any # of 7.9 billion #WUaSpeople @WorldUnivAndSch benefit from free #ChatbotsForMentalHealth #MLgenerativeTalkTherapy? #JoinTheTalk w Yale & Harvard trained psychiatrist & #Yogini #MarlynnWeiMDJD on #MentalHealthChatbots & the #FutureOfCare https://datasociety.net/events/mental-health-chatbots-and-the-future-of-care/ - * * * Further Draft of Chapter 9: "Society, Information Technology, and the Global University" - 12 main areas at World University and School WUaS, and as wiki schools too ... and with AI and ML ... Languages, Countries/Nation States, You at WUaS Admissions/Registering at WUaS, ... Subjects ... all from here - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/ * * * Aryan in Ahmedabad, India, founder of https://www.rapidgrowthai.in/! Tu 2/24/26 ~ & WUaS is waiting to see how you respond . . . * * * AI to help researchers see the bigger picture in cell biology: By providing holistic information on a cell, an AI-driven method could help scientists better understand disease mechanisms and plan experiments ~ Become basis for #RealisticVirtualEarthForCells @WorldUnivAndSch? (think #GStreetView #GCellView w #GTimeSlider) Yes

 

TwitterX -  Greetings from @WorldUnivAndSch building on CC-4 MIT OCW in 7 languages


After the state of the union - Greetings from @WorldUnivAndSch building on CC-4 MIT OCW in 7 languages (& see https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/01/asparagus-gharoensis.html re S.o.t.U. record)


Greetings from @WorldUnivAndSch building on CC-4 MIT OCW in 7 languages (https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/translated-courses/ & https://ocw.mit.edu/) & Wikidata in ~342 active languages. All 200 #WorldUnivs, in a #GrowWithGoogleWUaS program,
continue to plan online free degrees  




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Greetings from World University and School building on CC-4 MIT OCW in 7 languages (https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/translated-courses/ & https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/ & https://ocw.mit.edu/), and Wikipedia / Wikidata in ~342 active languages. World University and School continues to plan online free to students' Bachelor, PhD, Law, MD, IB high school / similar, AA/AS and Master's degrees, in each of all ~200 countries and in their main languages, and as WUaS proceeds with accreditation, and in a #GrowWithGoogleWUaS program too 










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Society, Information Technology, and the Global University, (forthcoming, Academic Press at World University and School, 2026) 

Scottish Small Piping album #2 - Honey Piobaireachd (2022)
- Poetry! Order Book #5 Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually (2021, Academic Press at WUaS)

Scottish Small Piping album #1 Honey in the Bag ~ Out of the Air tune (2020)


Order Book #3 Winding Road Rainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of Loving Bliss (2018,  Academic Press at WUaS)

Order Book #2 Haiku-ish and Other Loving Hippie Harbin Poetry (2017,  Academic Press at WUaS) 

Order Actual-Virtual Ethnographic Book #1: Naked Harbin Ethnography (2016, Academic Press at World University and School)

- Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
at / of best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, 
World University & School (WUaS)  
- USPS US Post Office, PO Box 132, General Delivery, Canyon, CA 94516 


1) non-profit 501(c)(3) Public Charity 
best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, 
World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org 

2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

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How are people using Chatbots generatively for talk-therapy ?

How could any # of
7.9 billion #WUaSpeople @WorldUnivAndSch
benefit from free #ChatbotsForMentalHealth #MLgenerativeTalkTherapy? #JoinTheTalk w Yale & Harvard trained psychiatrist & #Yogini 
#MarlynnWeiMDJD on #MentalHealthChatbots & the #FutureOfCare


How could any # of
7.9 billion #WUaSpeople @WorldUnivAndSch
benefit from free #ChatbotsForMentalHealth #MLgenerativeTalkTherapy? #JoinTheTalk w Yale & Harvard trained psychiatrist & Yogini 
#MarlynnWeiMDJD on Mental Health, Chatbots, & the Future of Care






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AI Chatbots, identity and attachment (from Yale & Harvard trained psychiatrist, and Yogini)


Interesting focus on western psychology / psychiatric concepts -  identity and attachment  - and artificial intelligence chatbots in this upcoming conversation online ... and re modernity, and what I'm calling 'internetity', the information technology revolution  ... 




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Mental Health, Chatbots, and the Future of Care | Databite No. 165
Date & TimeFeb 26, 2026 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Webinar ID880 2161 8608
DescriptionWhile many people have found benefit and respite in using chatbots for companionship, mental health, and emotional support, the widespread adoption of these tools has also resulted in harm and raised deep concerns about sense of self, ethics, and safety. How are chatbots shaping people’s understanding of themselves? What concerns do therapists have about their use? How might these tools be designed and implemented to prioritize users’ wellbeing? What kinds of guardrails, regulations, and safety protocols might be effective?

In connection with Data & Society’s ongoing project on mental health and chatbots, we will explore these themes and more in a conversation on February 26, moderated by Data & Society researchers Livia Garofalo and Briana Vecchione. Together with Luca Belli, Miranda Bogen, and Marlynn Wei, they will explore the profound shifts in how people seek help and support, and how critical actors – mental health professionals, policymakers, and tech designers – are navigating these shifts.






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AI Chatbots, identity and attachment (from Yale trained psychiatrist, and Yogini)





I will be joining Data & Society Research Institute on February 26th for a multi-disciplinary, critical conversation on how we are using generative AI for emotional support and mental health.

We will take a deep dive into how AI chatbots can shape identity and attachment, what clinicians are seeing in practice, and what effective guardrails and policies might look like.

Looking forward to hearing the perspectives of fellow panelists: Luca Belli (AI Safety Lead, Spring Health) and Miranda Bogen (Director, AI Governance Lab at Center for Democracy & Technology) in a discussion moderated by Livia Garofalo and Briana Vecchione, Ph.D..

If you are thinking about these issues as a clinician, researcher, designer, or policymaker, join us: Thursday, February 26 at 12 PM EST.

Thank you Data & Society Research Institute for the invitation.
Registration link: https://lnkd.in/e5VgWkMa

(Video and transcript will be posted on their website after the event.)




Hearing all these headlines about how people use ChatGPT as their therapist? 🧠 🛋️ 💻 Think it's the best thing ever? The worst thing imaginable?
Come and ask questions online at our Data & Society Research Institute' databite on February 26th at 12 EST for a nuanced conversation about how people are using generative AI for emotional support and mental health, grounded in ongoing qualitative research.

Moderated by me and Briana Vecchione, Ph.D., we will be talking with Miranda Bogen, Marlynn Wei, MD, JD, and Luca Belli to hear different perspectives on the issue, beyond doom and hype.

Register below!

https://lnkd.in/e8rMF_nU


https://www.linkedin.com/posts/livia-garofalo_mental-health-chatbots-and-the-future-of-activity-7427818907287068672-tI6L








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Further Draft of Chapter 9: "Society, Information Technology, and the Global University" - 12 main areas at World University and School WUaS, and as wiki schools too ... and with AI and ML ... Languages, Countries/Nation States,  You at WUaS Admissions/Registering at WUaS, ... Subjects ... all from here - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/ ~




On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org> wrote:
Dear Peter, Pin, Ed, Ma/Janie, Byron, all, 

Regarding my further drafting of Chapter 9: "Society, Information Technology, and the Global University" 

How are you? Heading to the swimmers' shower soon ... my left cheek is feeling warm sometimes these days, and my current hypothesis is that this is from the driver's side vehicle window since 12/10/24 and solar radiation ... it would be good to get out of living in the Sienna Woodland minivan soon  ... and for this health reason I posit ... Regarding writing "Society, Information Technology and the Global University" further, I'm going to start reading my book from the beginning and Ch 9 ... and go from there ... Have I clarified my arguments in Part 2 sufficiently initially? And time to draft some chapter titles etc ...possibly with the 12 main areas at World University and School WUaS, and as wiki schools too ... and with AI and ML ... 


Thoughts? 
Scott



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12 main areas at World University and School WUaS, and as wiki schools too ... and with AI and ML ... 


Languages, 

Countries/Nation States 

You at WUaS Admissions/Registering at WUaS

Subjects 

Courses & Schools

Music School at WUaS

Library Resources

Museums

Hardware Resource Possibilities

Educational Software

Foundation at WUaS

Research




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Gemini, in what ways could you best "harvest" World Univ & Sch's and my blogs - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/search/label/global%20university AND - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/global%20university - to help draft the next paragraphs and chapters in "Society, Information Technology, and the Global University" upcoming book to be published by the Academic Press at WUaS, in terms of these 12 main areas - Languages,

Countries/Nation States

You at WUaS Admissions/Registering at WUaS

Subjects

Courses & Schools

Music School at WUaS

Library Resources

Museums

Hardware Resource Possibilities

Educational Software

Foundation at WUaS

Research

all from here - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/ - planned in all 200 countries, and in all 7159 known living languages, and as wiki schools, as well as for offering free WUaS degrees emerging from CC-4 licensed MIT OCW OpenCourseWare in 7 languages?



PPS

Gemini AI: In writing my upcoming book about MIT OCW-centric wiki World University further e.g. probably Chapter 10, titled "Society, Information Technology, and the Global University," I'd like to begin with 2 main WUaS subject areas - Museums (https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Museums in an iterating realistic virtual earth) and Libraries (eg https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Library_Resources also in an iterating realistic) - in planning to build these in a Realistic Virtual Earth thinking Google Street View with time slider, Google Maps-  and for all museums ever, in all languages ever and eg and eg - https://www.google.com/maps/place/Louvre+Museum/@48.8606111,2.337644,516m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x47e671d877937b0f:0xb975fcfa192f84d4!8m2!3d48.8606111!4d2.337644!16zL20vMDRnZHI?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDkxNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D  and for all libraries ever, in all languages ever, and which all-museums-virtually-ever and all-libraries-virtual-ever will also become STEAM field sites eg like my physical-digital STEAM ethnographic field site Harbin Hot Springs' Heart Consciousness Church, and here's the Harbin Hot Springs' gate house - ~ https://goo.gl/maps/7gSsSTweRCBo9gf87 (~ https://twitter.com/HarbinBook ~ http://bit.ly/HarbinBook_ ~  and with its current 3 dates in Google Time Slider: 2007, 2012, and 2024, AND where I added a photo of it from 2011 here - https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harbin+Hot+Springs/@38.7860806,-122.6518315,3a,88y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOR33JEA3qzAchuAOEFPss-U_w6cXPc-OsiNgSE!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOR33JEA3qzAchuAOEFPss-U_w6cXPc-OsiNgSE%3Dw203-h153-k-no!7i576!8i436!4m7!3m6!1s0x8084724dbe981ba5:0xde57c3ab0ecaa2c9!8m2!3d38.7860806!4d-122.6518315!10e5!16zL20vMDZ5czh3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D (and re ""X a

a Harbin Gate House photo I wiki-added to Google Street View with a time slider - How to develop a realistic virtual Harbin Hot Springs from this single photo to start?



EXPANDED -  

INCREDIBLE #DrFeiFeiLi #MITOCW-centric wiki @WorldUnivAndSch can now begin to build out a #RealisticVirtualEarth - re #PeterNorvig's #ToolifyAIWUaS https://www.toolify.ai/ai-news/revolutionizing-education-with-machine-learning-and-ai-2574306 in #RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums #ForLibraries (both ALL, EVER, in ALL Languages) (& in #GStreetView w #GTimeSlider #GMaps) #ForUniversityResearch to which we can #WikiAdd to eg w a Harbin Gate House photo I wiki-added to Google Street View with time slider - How to develop a realistic virtual Harbin Hot Springs from this single photo to start - and especially in 2011 (in contrast to say 1975 or 1993, for example) ... and walk in past the Harbin gate house to soak in the Harbin warm pool from home?



https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harbin+Hot+Springs/@38.7860806,-122.6518315,3a,88y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOR33JEA3qzAchuAOEFPss-U_w6cXPc-OsiNgSE!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOR33JEA3qzAchuAOEFPss-U_w6cXPc-OsiNgSE%3Dw203-h153-k-no!7i576!8i436!4m7!3m6!1s0x8084724dbe981ba5:0xde57c3ab0ecaa2c9!8m2!3d38.7860806!4d-122.6518315!10e5!16zL20vMDZ5czh3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

from here - 


https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2025/01/monterey-cypress-hesperocyparis.html

~ How further ?"

here

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2025/08/victoria-boliviana.html ) ...  " from https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2025/09/bald-eagle.html)   ... and so for we end users to build these out from a single image or document, in addition to WUaS in a #Grow With Google Program also building both all museums and all libraries, s with all books ever, and STEM RESEARCH (where Research is ANOTHER main WUaS Subject area of 12 main areas) sites how best to draft further these initial paragraphs, please?



Gemini AI - 


In writing the initial paragraphs for Chapter 10 of your book, "Society, Information Technology, and the Global University," you can effectively integrate the complex vision for a "Realistic Virtual Earth" by framing it as the next logical step in open, global education.

Here is a draft of the opening paragraphs, structured to introduce your core concepts and provide a compelling narrative for the reader.

Draft of Chapter 10: "Society, Information Technology, and the Global University"

The digital revolution of the 21st century has reshaped our relationship with information, tearing down the physical walls of traditional institutions. Yet, even with the widespread accessibility of online learning and open educational resources like MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW), a frontier remains unexplored. This new frontier is the creation of a truly global, open, and immersive digital university—a space where the world's knowledge is not just cataloged but experienced. The MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School (WUaS) is poised to lead this revolution by building a Realistic Virtual Earth (RVE) that will serve as the world’s definitive repository for all museums and all libraries, ever. This is the foundation of a global university in which the user is not merely a student but an active participant in building the very world they inhabit and study.

Building on the principles articulated by pioneers like Peter Norvig on the power of machine learning and AI to revolutionize education, WUaS envisions a collaborative project, similar to a "Grow with Google" program, that extends the functionalities of platforms like Google Maps and Street View. This RVE will incorporate a time slider, allowing us to not just see a virtual representation of a place but to experience it as it was in different eras—for example, to walk through the gates of Harbin Hot Springs not just today but also in 2011 from a single wiki-added photograph. This approach harnesses the power of AI to use a single data point as the seed for a rich, multi-dimensional virtual world. The system, with the help of machine learning and computer vision, can extrapolate and generate a fully immersive environment from a sparse set of inputs, transforming a single image into a detailed and explorable landscape.

The two initial pillars of this digital infrastructure are all-museums-virtually-ever and all-libraries-virtually-ever. These aren't simply digital archives; they are dynamic, living entities. They become global STEAM field sites—just as a single, physical site like the Harbin Hot Springs’ Heart Consciousness Church can be studied as an ethnographic field site, so too can these virtual museums and libraries become spaces for deep research and inquiry in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Students can visit the ancient Library of Alexandria virtually to study how knowledge was organized, or explore a museum in a country they may never visit in person. This approach transforms the act of learning from a solitary pursuit into an act of collaborative world-building, where every photo, document, or piece of data contributed by a user helps to bring the world's collective knowledge to life for all.








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Aryan in Ahmedabad, India, founder of https://www.rapidgrowthai.in/! Tu 2/24/26 ~ & WUaS is waiting to see how you respond . . . 


Hi Aryan in Ahmedabad, India, founder of https://www.rapidgrowthai.in/! 

thanks for reaching out in LinkediN  - 


Aryan patel

Founder & CEO at Rapid Growth AI | Building AI Automation Solutions for Business Growth

Hey Scott, been connecting with education institute owners across the US. Would love to add you to the network!


Hi Scott,

Quick one — we ran a free pilot with Pivot Tech School in Nashville. AI handled their full student nurture (follow-ups, fee reminders, doubt resolution) with zero extra counselor effort.

Result: 25% more enrollments. Founder even recorded a testimonial about it.

Looking for one more institute to run the same pilot for free. No cost, no contracts — every enrollment is yours to keep.

Worth a shot?




Aryan - 

More about MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School below  in the links -

Do you know Dr. Vishal Varia at the Rosary School, a head of Google Educator Groups Ahmedabad? Any chance your Rapid Growth AI software could help MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School get initial students from India to matriculate at WUaS for free online WUaS degrees from home there, potentially first in English, Gujarati, Hindi and Tamil and then the remaining 22 scheduled languages in India? How could your Pivot Tech School in TN coding experiences help with this ?

How might revenue from the Indian government to WUaS play a role in some of this?

Will wait to hear back from you in Linkedin or here regarding booking an appointment ... and to learn if free-to-students' World Univ & Sch building on MIT OCW in 7 languages, and Wikidata / Wikipedia / Wikimedia in ~342 languages is within your Rapid Growth AI purview.

Greetings from Berkeley, California!

Thanks, Scott 
(Scott GK MacLeod) 





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AI to help researchers see the bigger picture in cell biology: 
By providing holistic information on a cell, an AI-driven method could help scientists better understand disease mechanisms and plan experiments  ~ Become basis for #RealisticVirtualEarthForCells @WorldUnivAndSch? (think #GStreetView #GCellView w #GTimeSlider) Yes 



#MITNews: "AI to help researchers see the #biggerPictureInCellBiology: By providing holistic information on a cell ... plan experiments."
https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-help-researchers-see-bigger-picture-cell-biology-0225
Become basis for #RealisticVirtualEarthForCells @WorldUnivAndSch? (think #GStreetView #GCellView w #GTimeSlider) Yes

https://x.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/2026761819671638382




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AI to help researchers see the bigger picture in cell biology: 
By providing holistic information on a cell, an AI-driven method could help scientists better understand disease mechanisms and plan experiments. 

"To overcome this problem, researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and ETH Zurich/Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) developed an artificial intelligence-driven framework that learns which information about a cell’s state is shared across different measurement modalities and which information is unique to a particular measurement type.

By pinpointing which information came from which cell parts, the approach provides a more holistic view of the cell’s state"







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https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/tree/quekel/all.html


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