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AI discourse risks human self-perception as machines, warns Matthew Segall

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Matthew Segall expresses concern that humans are increasingly viewing themselves as machines, rather than fearing AI consciousness. He argues that the prevalent metaphor of cognition as computation risks conflating technological information processing with genuine intelligence. This perspective suggests a potential misunderstanding of what constitutes living intelligence. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about how AI's computational metaphors might influence human self-understanding and the definition of intelligence.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named credible voice discussing AI's philosophical impact.

Read on Mastodon — mastodon.social →

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AI discourse risks human self-perception as machines, warns Matthew Segall

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “My central concern is not that machines are about to become conscious and replace us, but that we are increasingly coming to understand ourselves as machines.

    “My central concern is not that machines are about to become conscious and replace us, but that we are increasingly coming to understand ourselves as machines. There’s a lot of slippage in our time around the metaphors we use to think about consciousness and mind, particularly th…

    LINKS footnotes2plato.substack.com/…/rememberin…

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