The $1 Trillion Question, Mortality in the Age of Generative Ghosts, Your Mind and AI, How to Design AI Tutors for Learning, The Imagining Summit Preview: Adam Cutler, and Helen's Book of the Week.
Magritte's "Son of Man" metaphor explores digital obscurity of reality. AI model collapse mirrors human isolation effects. Minds struggle without diverse input. Balancing AI benefits and genuine human connection crucial. Develop metacognitive skills to navigate this new landscape.
Generative AI promises personalized learning at scale but risks creating dependency. Complementary cognitive artifacts enhance skills; competitive ones replace them. Effective AI tutors balance engagement and autonomy, expanding human cognition without diminishing critical abilities.
A research review of The Master and His Emissary:The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Ian McGilchrist.
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.
The Artificiality Weekend Briefing: About AI, Not Written by AI
