About Robbee
Robbee Minicola, PhD, is a social and behavioral psychologist and author whose work examines self-concept, agency, and judgment during periods of profound technological and organizational change. Her writing is grounded in psychological theory and informed by more than a decade of experience working in global technology environments.
Her research interests center on how individuals adapt when intelligent systems become embedded in everyday work—particularly how meaning, self-worth, and decision-making are renegotiated as traditional roles, expertise, and boundaries shift. This focus reflects a broader concern with the psychological consequences of automation, generative artificial intelligence, and agentic systems on professional identity.
Robbee’s work bridges scholarship and lived experience. Rather than offering prescriptive frameworks for “using AI,” her writing explores the internal and relational adjustments people make as technology moves from a passive tool to an active participant in cognitive and organizational processes. Across her books, she investigates how autonomy is perceived, defended, or re-established, and how individuals come to understand their own value in environments where intelligence is increasingly distributed between humans and machines.
Her forthcoming books are published by SunDog Press and will be available in print, e-book, and audio formats in 2026.
Books in Progress
Robbee Minicola’s books examine the psychological transformation of work as artificial intelligence evolves from a thinking partner into an active participant in task execution. Each book approaches this shift from a different point of human readiness, focusing on how individuals experience, interpret, and adapt to changes in autonomy, judgment, and self-worth.
Readers are not expected to move through the books in sequence. Instead, each book stands alone while contributing to a shared inquiry into how people renegotiate agency and identity in AI-mediated work environments.
Copilot Effect
Autonomy and self-worth in the age of Copilot, Gemini, and ChatGPT
This volume addresses the initial disruption—how self-concept is challenged, defended, or reshaped when AI enters everyday professional tasks.
Overview
The Copilot Effect examines the initial psychological disruption that occurs when generative AI systems enter everyday professional work. Drawing on social and behavioral psychology, the book explores how individuals appraise AI-assisted output, how confidence is affected when cognitive labor is shared, and why early interactions with AI often trigger anxiety, resistance, or over-reliance.
Rather than focusing on productivity gains, the book centers on the internal experience of working alongside systems that appear competent, confident, and tireless. It investigates how people interpret these systems in relation to their own expertise, and how perceptions of autonomy and worth are recalibrated during first exposure.
Genius Element
Realizing human genius across Copilot, Gemini, and ChatGPT
This volume focuses on reconstruction—how agency is re-established after the initial encounter with AI, enabling more confident and intentional collaboration.
Overview
The Genius Element shifts attention from disruption to differentiation. This book explores what remains distinctly human in AI-supported work, focusing on judgment, contextual understanding, ethical reasoning, and creative synthesis.
Through psychological analysis and applied reflection, the book examines how human contribution is not diminished by intelligent systems, but clarified. It argues that insight emerges not from raw output, but from interpretation, selection, and responsibility—capacities that remain rooted in human cognition and social context.
Agentic Change
From thinking with Copilot, Gemini, and ChatGPT to task execution
This volume addresses the longer-term consequences—how responsibility and judgment must be actively maintained as AI systems gain autonomy.
Overview
Agentic Change addresses the next psychological shift: the transition from AI as a thinking partner to AI as an executing agent. As systems begin to act on behalf of individuals and organizations, the nature of responsibility, oversight, and authorship changes.
This book examines how people adapt when tasks are no longer merely assisted but delegated, and how this transition alters perceptions of control, accountability, and trust. It considers the psychological implications of working in environments where outcomes are shaped by systems that operate with increasing independence.
These books approach the same psychological terrain from different points of human readiness rather than as steps in a prescribed sequence. Each explores how people experience shifts in judgment, identity, and agency as artificial intelligence becomes part of everyday work. Readers are encouraged to begin with the book that most closely reflects where they find themselves now.
Status: Manuscripts complete; final alignment in progress
Planned Publication: Coordinated three-book release in 2026