Is Humanity on the Brink of an AI Eclipse?
Last Updated on July 15, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Cezary Gesikowski
Originally published on Towards AI.
The implications of artificial intelligence on our perception of consciousness

“Sometimes it seems as though each new step towards AI, rather than producing something which everyone agrees is real intelligence, merely reveals what real intelligence is not. ”― Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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