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Asa Boxer's avatar

Worth reading Iain McGlichrist's The Master and His Emissary. It accounts for quite a bit of the confusion here. Some folks are truly locked in the "left hemisphere," as it were. They can't tell the difference between human intelligence and AI, likely because most of their own thinking is pretty close to AI. Those with a more rounded intelligence spot it right away and struggle to get the message across to the others. You'll notice that the defenders of AI tend to fly into rages. That's a marker of what I call leftbrainitis, as is "confabulation," ie making up stories and facts to secure being right (hallucinations?). Those with a healthy and active "right brain" can hold two contradictory notions in their minds without feeling the need to settle on a conclusion. I'm just skimming the surface here. Best to read McGilchrist.

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mia's avatar

Thank you for this clear and relevant development.

I hope that this will allow further reflection on the distinctions which are difficult for some to detect.

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