The message of the AI medium is intellectual rural domesticity
We Need A Policy Agenda for Rural AI
Rural communities matter when it comes to the development of policies on artificial intelligence, says Jasmine McNealy.
AI, Ethics, and Society — Home
AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans | Melanie Mitchell | Substack
I write about interesting new developments in AI. Click to read AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans, by Melanie Mitchell, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
AI Literacy Across the Curriculum
As you have no doubt seen, AI is becoming ubiquitous in our lives and in the technologies we use every day. Generative AI is no longer an experimental tool, but a deployed technology in many of the…
AI is turning research into a scientific monoculture
Generative AI deserves scientific attention. But the rush to study it is producing a feedback loop of topical and methodological convergence, flattening scientific imagination and crowding out the pluralism needed to keep research adaptive, resilient, and intellectually generative.
Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender
People increasingly consult generative artificial intelligence (AI) while reasoning. As AI becomes embedded in daily thought, what becomes of human judgment? We
Why A Neurotech VC Bet On Anthropic: Intelligence, Interpretability, and the NeuroAI Stack — Kaleida Capital
Why would a neurotech VC bet on Anthropic? This article examines how frontier AI, neuroscience, model behavior, and intelligent systems intersect within Kaleida Capital’s NeuroAI thesis and the infrastructure shaping next-generation intelligence.
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Thought
This research paper examines, from a multidimensional perspective (cognitive, social, ethical, and philosophical), how AI is transforming human thought. It highlights a cognitive offloading effect: the externalization of mental functions to AI can reduce intellectual engagement and weaken critical thinking. On the social level, algorithmic personalization creates filter bubbles that limit the diversity of opinions and can lead to the homogenization of thought and polarization. This research also describes the mechanisms of algorithmic manipulation (exploitation of cognitive biases, automated disinformation, etc.) that amplify AI's power of influence. Finally, the question of potential artificial consciousness is discussed, along with its ethical implications. The report as a whole underscores the risks that AI poses to human intellectual autonomy and creativity, while proposing avenues (education, transparency, governance) to align AI development with the interests of humanity.
Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?
Reflections on autonomy and the value of thinking for ourselves
The Thoughts The Civilized Keep
The hype around a new AI language generator reveals the sterility of mainstream thinking on AI today — and indeed on how we think about thinking itself.
The Fork in the Road: AI Horseless Carriages or Collective Intelligence for Science - Cosmik Labs
An exploration on what could be a leftist position on generative AI - Jacky Alciné
As a Black software engineer and leftist in the United States, I contend with the notion that generative artifical intelligence can be used in a materialistic way that moves the needle forward for progress without intrenching the power of capitalists and business folks who are adamant on exacerbating existing calamities within the technology sector.
The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age
What will differentiate people is not how smart they are but their relationship to mental effort.
57 Ideas & Questions about Cognitive Infrastructures