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Being human in the age of AI
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Problem With Computer Metaphors
The computer is now a dominant metaphor for our brains. How do you think that's impoverishing our understanding of ourselves? We have no idea where consciousness comes from, David Thomas famously called the hard problem with consciousness. And so I see these metaphors as attempts to sort of grow towards something more concrete and project ourselves into the world.
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