What Michael Pollan Says About Artificial Intelligence

2 episodes featuring Michael Pollan on artificial intelligence

Key Insights on Artificial Intelligence

Companies and technologies want to occupy our consciousness - social media hacks attention while AI now targets deeper emotional attachment

  • 72% of American teens now turn to AI chatbots for companionship, with cases of AI psychosis and suicide linked to chatbot relationships emerging
  • Consciousness may be embodied and begin with feelings in the brainstem rather than rational thought in the cortex, challenging AI consciousness theories

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