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MIT researcher warns AI is reshaping human thinking as new book examines the 'collision' with society

Henry Shevlin, a Cambridge philosopher now based at Google DeepMind, who warns that academia was 'sluggish' to grasp AI's true capabilities, leaving the sharpest thinking about human-AI relations to happen inside the…
Henry Shevlin, a Cambridge philosopher now based at Google DeepMind, who warns that academia was 'sluggish' to grasp AI's true capabilities, leaving the sharpest thinking about human-AI relations to happen inside the…

Eric So, an MIT researcher, has published 'The Collision: What AI Does to US' this week through W.W. Norton, arguing that the rapid spread of artificial intelligence is fundamentally altering how people think, decide and interact. Google DeepMind has hired Cambridge philosopher Henry Shevlin — job title simply 'Philosopher' — to grapple with questions of AI consciousness, human-AI relationships and the risk of AI that harms users. Researchers warn that AI tools automating routine decisions could degrade human judgment over time even as companies promote them as a cure for 'decision fatigue'.

Shevlin cautions that the question of whether AI will ever be truly conscious is one that may resist any clear-cut answer.

Decision fatigue — measurable decline in judgment after repeated choices — is driving firms to automate HR decisions entirely.

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