Stay Human Chapter 2 | Steve Sloman
Stay Human: Chapter 2 Helen just published Chapter 2 of Stay Human: "The Right to a Future Tense."
We are dedicated to unraveling the profound impact of AI on our society, communities, workplaces, and personal lives. To truly grasp this transformation, our approach is rooted in engaging with core concepts such as critical thinking, logical analysis, and the scrutiny of underlying assumptions, principles that are essential in the realm of philosophical inquiry.
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