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Shared emphasis Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions Multiple readings Our minds did not evolve for AI Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions
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minds not equipped handle AI essay

Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Data & Society, Benjamin Riley
“AI “is something like a cognitive version of a hot dog,” @benjaminjriley.bsky.social writes. “It appeals to us in the moment, but undermines the health and sustainability of cognitive systems we’ve evolved over several millennia.” www.theverge.com/ai-artifi…” evidence ↗
4 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Data & Society Hypervisible Benjamin Riley Stefanie Hane
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing concern & critique.
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Concern & critique

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Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“AI “is something like a cognitive version of a hot dog,” @benjaminjriley.bsky.social writes. “It appeals to us in the moment, but undermines the health and sustainability of cognitive systems we’ve evolved over several millennia.” www.theverge.com/ai-artifi…”

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Benjamin Riley: I'm again grateful to @theverge.com for publishing my newest long-form essay on the limits of the computational model of the mind, the benefits of understanding both biological and cultural evoluti…
Hypervisible : I'm again grateful to @theverge.com for publishing my newest long-form essay on the limits of the computational model of the mind, the benefits of understanding both biological and cultural evoluti…
Benjamin Riley: It’s never left my mind since I read it
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Established AI field signal Analysis 11d ago
human minds not evolved for AI

Our minds did not evolve for AI

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Benjamin Riley
“For those who encountered a paywall last week, I've just republished my essay with The Verge on human evolution and the danger of AI as "cognitive hot dog" on my personal site. Same essay, slightly evolved headline, and includes animated graphics of two ver…” evidence ↗
2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Frank Pasquale Benjamin Riley
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Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“For those who encountered a paywall last week, I've just republished my essay with The Verge on human evolution and the danger of AI as "cognitive hot dog" on my personal site. Same essay, slightly evolved headline, and includes animated graphics of two ver…”

Building & implementation

1 expert

How teams are shipping and applying it.

““Effortful thinking is hard, and if we’re offered technological off-ramps, we’ll take them.. As cognitive delegation spreads, ‘the social environment that supports autonomous reasoning can weaken’” buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/our-minds-...”

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Developing Culture, work & education Resource 2d ago
critical AI education studies network launched

Critical Studies of AI and Education network

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Benjamin Riley
“Next Friday October 30th, I’ll be delivering a public talk on What Makes Us Human? as part of a series hosted the Critical Studies of AI and Education Network. If curious, description and form to register are pasted below — starts early for the UK-based aud…” evidence ↗
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Benjamin Riley

“Next Friday October 30th, I’ll be delivering a public talk on What Makes Us Human? as part of a series hosted the Critical Studies of AI and Education Network. If curious, description and form to register are pasted below — starts early for the UK-based aud…”

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5 experts · 20 posts · 20d ago
Benjamin Riley Colin Anthony Moser tweety fish Robin Z
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“to me this reads as fully part of an ongoing rhetorical pattern that continually discounts prior criticism as outdated, calls for constantly evaluating model capabilities as a necessary activity, a…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 1 Opportunity & adoption · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Anthony Moser: i'm hearing computers are able to do math now and this is supposed to be sufficiently impressive that i forget ai companies are fully part of the fascist project
tweety fish: Literally none of the people you were talking to about this said that or believe it, what the heck?
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3 experts · 3 posts · 2d ago
Benjamin Riley Joshua Grochow Lionel
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“Does anyone here know details about Allen Institute AI models? They at least claim to be aiming for transparency in their data training and to be concerned about environmental impacts, but I don’t …” evidence ↗
Joshua Grochow: Does anyone here know details about Allen Institute AI models? They at least claim to be aiming for transparency in their data training and to be concerned about environmental impacts, but I don’t …
Benjamin Riley: @natolambert.bsky.social your thoughts? :)
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