Will human minds still be special in an age of AI?
TL;DR
We tend to think of intelligence like height – and imagine ourselves being overtaken. That misses the point Until recently, we humans have been able to be smug about our abilities. No other animals play boardgames, write essays or prove mathematical theorems. But lately, progress in AI seems as though it might challenge our self-image as the smartest entities around.
Nauti's Take
The question itself is an opportunity to sharpen our self-image: if AI handles chess, math and prose, it pays to look honestly at what human cognition actually is — embodiment, lived experience, meaning. Nauti finds the pushback on the intelligence-as-a-single-scale framing genuinely refreshing.
The catch is practical: philosophical debates do little when tech CEOs sell superhuman AI as marketing and real jobs vanish anyway. Anyone worried about job security should philosophize less and invest in the skills AI does not yet trivially automate.
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