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In Nexus: A brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI, Yuval Noah Harari argues that artificial intelligence (AI) could profoundly transform our world. Unlike earlier technologies, AI not only analyzes data but also reshapes it and produces narratives that influence how we think, challenging ideas of knowledge, power, and social organization. Psychoanalyst Violaine Fua Púppulo suggests that AI may constitute a “fourth narcissistic wound” by questioning whether creativity, decision-making, and knowledge production are uniquely human. While these issues seem contemporary, technology has always shaped how humanity defines itself. From basic tools to neural networks, each innovation blurs the boundary between human and non-human. AI is distinctive because it expands human capacities while forcing a reconsideration of autonomy and subjectivity. Philip K. Dick's Do androids dream of electric sheep? dramatizes this tension by asking whether androids can desire, suffer, or create meaning like humans. As AI increasingly enters areas grounded in human interaction, such as therapy, this paper critically examines its therapeutic use from a psychoanalytic perspective that highlights human vulnerability and the essential role of relationships.