Agents and Complexes
Agents and ComplexesSoul in the Machine · Episode 2 Michael J. Daine, Ph.D.
A capable, exhausted manager begins relying on an AI assistant. Its answers are useful. It is always available. Gradually, its voice carries more weight than his own.
“It isn’t smarter than me,” he says. “It just never gets tired, and I do.”
In this episode, I explore a provocative possibility: AI agents and Jungian complexes share an architecture. Both can operate with priorities we did not consciously choose, exercise a measure of independence, and allow one part of a larger system to take charge.
Jung’s account of…
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