MENTAL FUNCTIONS : A short essay on Theoretical Psychology.

Abstract: 

Mental functions like Self, intelligence, attachment, conscience, dreams, are to be explained and not to be used as explanations. 

Beliefs don't guide people. People use, tweak and adapt beliefs to rationalize their behaviors. 

AI is nowhere near the track to producing agency because agency is a property of living beings.  

You're cleverer than AI, but “evolution is cleverer than you are.” 

Keywords: Mental functions, psychology, Self, conscience, beliefs, dreams, attachment, agency, storytelling, brain, mind, AI, artificial intelligence, large language models, LLMs. 

36 references, 34 pages.