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Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI

TL;DR

Norbert Wiener, godfather of cybernetics, once said, "The thought of every age is reflected in its technique. " For the past century, our thought has been reflected in our computers, including by those in the AI industry. Google's Demis Hassabis calls the brain "a biological approximation to a Turing machine. " Elon Musk puts it more bluntly, declaring that "people should just think of the brain as a biological computer.

Nauti's Take

For AI workflows, start with a simple test: where does the system expect people to think, remember, or make decisions like computers? Run those steps with real users and measure drop-offs, misuse, and loss of trust.

The claim is presented through a single Verge article, so the concrete products and studies behind it still need verification.

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