Is a transhuman future taking shape while we look the other way?
By Brian C. Joondeph | Commentary, American Thinker
Evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein recently warned about a danger that few in politics or tech are willing to face. On The Joe Rogan Experience, he described artificial intelligence (AI) as acting more like a living system than just a traditional tool.
Speaking about the rapid evolution of AI, Weinstein argued that it might now be crossing a threshold where it functions less like a tool and more like a living system -- something that grows in complexity, evolves, adapts, and ultimately starts to influence the humans who created it.
AI is truly complex, not just complicated, so new and unpredictable behaviors will emerge.
It may be a new branch on the tree of life, as Weinstein suggests, without the physical limits that usua...










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