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Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI

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Consensus Brief

The article discusses the limitations of comparing human brains to computers, emphasizing that AI may undermine cognitive health. It critiques the computational model of the brain and suggests a feedback-control approach as a more accurate representation of human cognition. The author argues that understanding the evolutionary history of the brain is crucial for developing AI technologies that align better with human cognitive processes.

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The article introduces a feedback-control model of cognition as an alternative to the traditional computational model.

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Independent Finding

AI is junk food for the mind; easy, tempting and ultimately very bad for you.

Independent Finding

Our brains are better understood as feedback-control systems.

Independent Finding

The history of our nervous system is one of continuous extension of control further and further into the world.

Role-Based Impact Analysis

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