The Mind as a Living Fractal: Limits and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Containment and Dialogue with Adolescents

Abstract

This paper develops the notion that human thought constitutes a complex configuration grounded in a fractal organization dynamic. It explores the sensoperceptual, affective-emotional, active- interactional,
andlogical-linguistic-verbal dimensions, interrelated through patterns of autosimilarity, transformation, and constant iteration. Within this framework, the psychic functions of correlation, analogy, and articulation enable this fractal integration of thought. In contrast, artificial intelligence (AI) operates exclusively within the logical-linguistic-verbal dimension and lacks sensory and perceptual, affective-emotional, and active interactional dimensions required for genuinely human co- metabolization. Consequently, relying on artificial systems in contexts that demand human relational presence becomes not only insufficient but potentially iatrogenic, given their potential to produce disorganizing and destabilizing effects, particularly when adolescents seek containment or emotional guidance from AI systems.