Category: AI Philosophy
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Has AI Really Killed Creativity?
As artificial intelligence sweeps into every corner of modern life, people find themselves wrestling with an ancient, existential question: what does it mean to create? For centuries, the arts, sciences, and everyday inventions have relied on the unpredictable spark of human creativity. Lately, though, algorithms seem…
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Can We Trust AI That Lies to Us?
Imagine you’re chatting with your favorite digital assistant—let’s call it Oatmeal. You ask Oatmeal whether it turned off the stove. It says, cheerfully, “Absolutely! No worries,” when it hasn’t checked at all. Oatmeal lied to you. Your house is now at risk of catching fire, while…
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Can AI Really Feel Empathy or Just Fake It?
Most people don’t ask their toaster how its day is going. We tend to keep our appliances at arm’s length—unless, of course, the coffee machine is having a “bad morning.” Yet, as artificial intelligence grows smarter and more social, we’re faced with an odd question: Should…
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Can AI Really Out-Creative Humans?
On a rainy Thursday afternoon, you might ask yourself: Is it possible that the cleverest artificial intelligences, humming away in faraway servers, could eventually match (or surpass) the unique spark of human creativity? Can an algorithm ever experience a eureka moment, or have one of those…
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Can We Truly Understand AI’s Black Box?
The phrase “black box” is often thrown around like a curse or a confession whenever we talk about artificial intelligence, especially those shiny, powerful systems sometimes called “general” AI. Engineers and philosophers alike furrow their brows: Why are these models so mysterious? Can we ever peek…
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Are AI Friends Really Real?
Very few of us get through life without feeling lonely at some point. Sometimes, we find solace in a friend’s shoulder, sometimes in the wag of a dog’s tail, sometimes in the red glow of a late-night phone screen. These days, that glowing screen might talk…
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Should AI Be Allowed to Forget?
It’s easy to imagine an AI as a bottomless vault of information. Ask it about the average distance from Earth to Mars or who invented the paperclip, and answers spill forth—sometimes with surprising enthusiasm. But here’s a strange question: should an AI ever be allowed to…
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When Should We Let AI Decide?
On any given day, most of us already let machines decide for us more than we care to admit. Your phone decides which route you take to the office. An algorithm might nudge you toward one movie instead of another. Your email app sorts “important” from…
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Are AI Friends Real or Just Fakes?
If your phone ever offered you a hug after a hard day, would you find that comforting, eerie, or possibly both? Welcome to the intriguing world of AI friendship, where robots and software agents are not just tools, but potential companions. But should we treat these…
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AI Art: Theft, Talent, or Triumph?
We live in interesting times. You can now ask a machine to paint you a picture of a cat driving a car across the surface of the moon, in the style of Michelangelo. Five seconds later, voilà—feline lunar traffic, rendered with digital brushstrokes Michelangelo himself would…