We might soon find ourselves conducting lengthy online discussions about abortion, climate change or the Russian invasion of Ukraine with entities that we think are humans - but are actually AI. According to the Israeli professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century: Harari’s recent contribution to The Economist argues that AI “has hacked the operating system of human civilization”. This does not sit easily with many people. Its presence has not only intensified, what’s certain it will stay and proliferate its usage among us. You decapitate one head, two more appear in its place.įor decades, Artificial Intelligence has been coactivate through our daily decision-making that we often forget this fact.
A lot of these ideas are attributed to the animated chapters of Artificial Intelligence - a seven-headed hydra who seems indestructible. The essay is intended as a light-hearted preamble to a series of propositions I’ve been ruminating in the cauldron of my mind regarding human intelligence. I recently wrote a piece titled Against All Odds in which I introduced a brain expert named Jordan Grafman. “Fear doesn’t shut you down it wakes you up” ― Veronica Roth, Divergent Beyond our years, between our ears / Photo by Usukhbayar Gankhuyag on Unsplash
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