Hyping AI's utility is part of a commercial push to get users to cede authority to machines In his 1991 book Consciousness Explained, the cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett describes the juvenile sea squirt, which wanders through the sea looking for a "suitable rock or hunk of coral to ... make its home for life". On finding one, the sea squirt no longer needs its brain and eats it. Humanity is unlikely to adopt such culinary habits but there is a worrying metaphorical parallel. The concern is t...
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The Guardian - 10 Feb 2023 20:04
Hyping AI's utility is part of a commercial push to get users to cede authority to machines In his 1991 book Consciousness Explained, the cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett describes the juvenile sea squirt, which wanders through the sea looking for a "suitable rock or hunk of coral to ... make its home for life". On finding one, the sea squirt no longer needs its brain and eats it. Humanity is unlikely to adopt such culinary habits but there is a worrying metaphorical parallel. The concern is t...
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