Website A glitch in the matrix Dear reader, Despite my best efforts, there won’t be a TinT newsletter today. After a wonderful summer in Seattle, I moved this week to Madison, WI, where my husband is pursuing his PhD. In the rush of managing luggage and boxes, I underestimated how much time it would take to settle in and find my rhythm. As a first-time content creator, this has been a humbling lesson in scheduling. To everyone who shows up online with consistency, I see you! Your discipline...
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Website #15 | Building AI-Resilient Therapy: TinT’s Next Chapter Hello dear reader, We break our usual weekly programming to bring to you an exciting announcement! Over the last few months of writing and research for this newsletter, one theme has surfaced again and again:Tech literacy builds AI-resilient therapy practices. A practice strengthened by an understanding how algorithms are built and how they shape real lives. We’ve been mapping the incredible skills clinicians are developing to...
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3 min readWebsite Dear Clinician: A Letter from AI PhDs Hello reader, It's a sunny Sunday in my corner of the world! Today we continue with our TinT Labs' five part special series co-written by two illustrious PhD Researchers who study AI and Mental Health. And right now, it's time for part 2. When we were brainstorming for this piece, my nudge to Aseem (Postdoc) and Vasundhra (PhD) was simple: Knowing what you know about AI and it's evolution, do you have a message for mental healthcare...
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X min readWebsite PhDs Apply a Socio-Technical Lens to AI in Therapy The first collaboration of TinT Labs is with us two illustrious PhD Researchers who study AI and Mental Health. Aseem Srivastava investigates how large language models can be engineered not just for accuracy, but also for cultural and psychological sensitivity in real-world counseling interactions. He’s currently a postdoc at MBZUAI in Abu Dhabi. He completed his PhD from IIT Delhi. Vasundhra Dahiya works in Critical AI...
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4 min readWebsite #12 | Innovation from Clinicians Hello dear reader, We often talk about including clinicians in shaping the black boxes that are care-related algorithms. Just this week, a friendly debate on LinkedIn split opinions: is it easier to teach a tech team how healthcare works, or to teach clinicians to build consumer products for healthcare? And then, every so often, you meet a clinician who goes a step ahead of the debate—rolling up their sleeves to learn new skills, explore new...
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3 min readWebsite In Short (But Not Really) It’s Wednesday, which only means one thing at TinT – it’s time for an In Short! But this week, we’re switching it up. We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring to you a change in rhythm: The In Short series will be on pause for a few weeks. The newsletter isn’t going anywhere — it’s still very much alive and kicking. It’s just this series that’s taking a short break. In The Mean Time So many of you have reached out to collaborate –...
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5 min readWebsite Your Next Intern, A Prompt Away! A How on Fluent Talks with Your LLM Hello from TinT.What a lovely August Sunday, right?We hope you’ve got a hot zesty chai or a cup of nutty coffee by your side, because today’s newsletter is a workshop in disguise. And yes, it’s going to need a little bit of your attention and curiosity. So let’s brew that drink and dive in! A Story from Home: Mom Meets ChatGPT The other day, I watched my mother, who’s a doctor- Google something. One word,...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
3 min readWebsite 9 | In Short: Prompt Engineering It's time for you mid-week In-Short! Your weekly intro to tech concepts without jargon. Amidst the swirl of AI terms, we hope we haven’t lost you! Here’s a recap of what we’ve explored so far through our analogies rooted in your daily world. LLM = The New Intern [read In Short] An LLM (Large Language Model) is an intern who has read every psychology textbook, every DSM revision, all the research papers you can think of, and thousands of...
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4 min readWebsite Fine-Tuning the Future of Therapy Hello dear reader, As I sat down to write this piece, it struck me: in a rare coincidence, the weather at my home in Seattle—gloomy, rainy, murky—matches the weather in my other home, Mumbai. A small connection through the elements. This week I’ve been thinking deeply about how to approach today’s topic: fine-tuning. What is Fine-Tuning, and Why Now? The task of fine-tuning became a prominent technique with the rise of foundation models in...
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