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Animal Spirits

Open Source with Christopher Lydon

CHAPTER

The Vitalists Respond to the Hyper-Rationality of AI

Algorithms are meant to sidestep the dimension of humanity altogether. So it's a kind of paradoxical and self-destructive hubris, but it excites a lot of people. I think vitalism poses a distinct challenge to that kind of easy acceptance of the hegemony of AI. We can't transcend human limitations with this, nor can we explore the full range of human aspirations.

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