Big Think Series · How Not to Become Like AI

A yearlong series exploring what it means to remain fully human in an age of artificial minds — through encounter with thinkers who have spent their lives attending to what is most irreducible about consciousness, meaning, relation, and the examined life.
History & Society

The hidden cost of AI in schools: fewer moments of doubt

Philosopher Gert Biesta on the real reason we should be wary of AI in education.

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The hidden cost of AI in schools: fewer moments of doubt
Philosophy

How AI is quietly changing what we think the human mind is

Neuroscientist Anil Seth on the deep differences between human minds and artificial ones.

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How AI is quietly changing what we think the human mind is
Philosophy

The inner life we’re trading away

Neuroscientist Christof Koch on why reflective self-consciousness separates us from intelligent machines.

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The inner life we’re trading away
Philosophy

The hidden cost of letting AI make your life easier

Philosopher Sven Nyholm on reclaiming achievement from the machines.

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The hidden cost of letting AI make your life easier
Thinking

Mechanized minds: AI’s hidden impact on human thought

While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?

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Mechanized minds: AI’s hidden impact on human thought