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Elton Jones

'The danger isn't that AI becomes conscious. The danger is that we redefine consciousness so narrowly that a machine appears to qualify': here’s what this expert physician thinks about the future of humanity and AI

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With such an abundance of AI tools becoming available to users from all walks of life, the rapid evolution of those same tools has become commonplace.

But as AI intelligence grows to even more impressive levels, we may reach a point where we forget to acknowledge the high level of intellect that humans already exhibit. Dr. Zach Bush, a physician, educator and author of an introspective book called “Biological Elegance,” has spoken at length about that very same dilemma. One of Bush’s central arguments about AI notes that, rather than seeing AI as the enemy, he believes the challenge is ensuring that technological progress doesn’t come at the expense of the qualities that make us human.

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