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Becca Caddy

I asked AI tools philosophical questions – here’s what their answers revealed about how they think (and how we do too)

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Can AI help us think more clearly? We often talk about AI as a tool for writing, productivity, or even therapy. But lately, I’ve been experimenting with something different. What if we treated AI less like a content creator and more like a thinking companion? Could these tools help us clarify our thoughts? Especially when we’re wrestling with the big, messy, timeless philosophical questions that have no neat answers?

I know that might sound counterintuitive. Why turn to artificial intelligence to explore ideas like free will or goodness? But maybe that’s the point. When we get tangled in our own thinking, sometimes a detached, structured perspective is what we need.

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