TechOur minds aren’t equipped to handle AI

The article argues that treating the brain as a computer understates the complexity of human cognition. It characterizes AI as “junk food for the mind” and presents an evolutionary view of the brain as a feedback-control system that continually acts on and adjusts to its environment, rather than merely processing inputs into outputs.

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