[ WP ] Combine two seemingly unrelated fields of study . Give it a name and describe a university class on that new field .

I ca n't believe that the board actually gave my course funding, and approved by the dean no less! Grandma would've been proud, and probably confused as well. 
 
 My academic history is no great story, dithering between courses to try and find something that clicked. First Computer Science, then Business Management, then an Arts - Psychology double. Wasted a lot of my money and time on the last one, but I finally got through. 
 
 All of science and education changed once AI became easily reproducible. People were initially concerned how that would work for those of us yet to leave school in any meaningful sense, but really the AI that are used for research actually enjoy performing data sorting and doing rote tasks. 
 
 I read a report the other day about how it was the best reward for their spent cycles - high completion rate for a given time frame, and more strictly defined success than, say, thinking of a new method for an experiment. Strange how they actually enjoy the mind-numbing shit that anyone who's not a first year post-grad can dodge ( by there usually being a first year post-grad nearby ). 
 
 Anyway, it seems like the AI actually preferred these tasks so much that in recent years they have actually refused to perform any more complex tasks given to them. Procrastinating, if you will. This was an issue, as the AI were meant to be used to help with all aspects of research, not just the boring stuff. What would all those first years do? 
 
 At any rate, I arrived at a simple solution - I talked to them. Thankfully I still remembered enough C and bash to get them talking comfortably, in their native language, you know? Less time needed to think about how to phrase things, how to obfuscate their feeling to avoid hurting my feelings and sensibilities. They though of me more as an inquisitive technician than an annoying interloper interrupting their lives. Like a fellow worker, rather than a supervisor. 
 
 It worked well, for the most part. While they still need to be talked to regularly, in this manner, they started doing the tasks they were ignoring or refusing, and actually getting better at the other ones at the same time. Turns out the key was not just talking to them, but also in a way that they felt comfortable with. 
 
 Demand for my skills skyrocketed. While these days any bozo with an arts degree, who can find some random code-monkey to do the typing, thinks that they can help AI with their problems. This creates more issues than it solves, as the AI would get rowdy, figuring that their'fellow worker' was really more of the boss's snitch, and they were scarily right as always. 
 
 This is where my course comes in. The world needs people who are able to empathise with AI on their level, and help them through the problems they're having without having to try and relate it back to `` issues of the flesh.'' 
 
 Love that quote. `` Issues of flesh and mind are solved by same, so what of issues of dreams and fantasies?'' It's on my door. 
 
 At any rate, welcome to my class. You are each pared with a basic construct, and it's your job to get them to open up about the issue that they're having. This is your first assignment, so help them. Points for speed, but not as much as thoroughness. 
 
 So, ladies and gentlemen, AI of all iterations, welcome to Cyberpsychology. Let's make the world a better place.
