What it’s about: Our left brain is a great servant (analytical, accurate) but a poor master. Our right brains are more reliable and insightful—the right brain gives us our ability to see context and make nuanced judgment. An account of how the structure of our brains and what we value about this shapes society. If we over-value left-brained thinking our world will be overly mechanistic.
Why it matters: A fascinating parallel to the way we think about AI (hint, it’s a left brain).
Highlight: A deep appreciation for what biological intelligence does.
Read it if: You like deep explanations and different perspectives on intuition versus analysis from the perspective of the brain. And insight into how a bias for analysis can shift entire societies.
Helen Edwards is a Co-Founder of Artificiality. She previously co-founded Intelligentsia.ai (acquired by Atlantic Media) and worked at Meridian Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric, Quartz, and Transpower.
It’s curious that these two papers, tackling such similar ideas, came out at the same time. Is this coincidence, or does it tell us something about where the study of life and intelligence is heading?
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