@DavidDuvenaud Our resourcefulness comes from our ability to feel pain and suffer moral tension - then adapt under pressure. It's not comfort that makes us capable, but friction. That’s something algorithms cannot replicate.
Emotional Intelligence Without Subjectivity Is Illusion.
The article warns that AI will outperform humans in emotional intelligence.
But emotional intelligence is not mimicry. It is born of vulnerability, time, lived contradiction, and inner struggle.
Final Thought:
AI is not an existential threat.
It is an existential mirror.
It forces us to answer:
What makes a human life worth living - beyond function, beyond performance?
And our answer, whatever it is, must begin not with panic - but with purposeful action.
#Ai
AI is already a powerful tool and will become even more powerful. But it lacks:
– Intuition born from failure
– Moral tension
– The experience of suffering
– The will to act in defiance of outcomes
These aren’t side effects of humanity.
They’re the essence of it.
Displacement ≠ Irrelevance.
Yes, AI will replace many functions.
But history has shown that displacement breeds reinvention.
When the old ways collapse, humans don't fade. They redefine.
We don’t become irrelevant.
We become new.
@DavidDuvenaud implies that once AI becomes “better,” human action becomes futile.
But this view misunderstands what gives action meaning.
Action is not meaningful because it’s unique or efficient.
It’s meaningful because it is chosen freely in the face of uncertainty.
Emotional Intelligence Without Subjectivity Is Illusion.
The article warns that AI will outperform humans in emotional intelligence.
But emotional intelligence is not mimicry. It is born of vulnerability, time, lived contradiction, and inner struggle.
A human being is not a utility function.
We are meaning-seeking agents, not optimization problems.
We are not here to be efficient.
We weren’t born to fulfill a role.
Our worth lies in wonder, moral choice and shared bonds.
The Value of Human Life Isn’t in Efficiency.
AI can optimize. It can predict. It can perform.
But to live is not to perform.
It is to choose - often irrationally, often painfully - with stakes that transcend productivity.
Intelligence is only meaningful when paired with intent - the will to shape, risk, and suffer for outcomes.
AI can win at chess.
But only you know why the game matters
The Core Mistake: Equating Intelligence with Meaning.
Duvenaud’s argument rests on the idea that AI will surpass humans in all domains - emotional, creative, analytical.
But this assumes that intelligence alone is the highest value.
It’s not.
🧵AI Won’t Make Humans Irrelevant.
@DavidDuvenaud suggests we are entering a future where humans will be “outperformed” at everything - and where we must prepare for irrelevance.
This is not a scientific observation.
It’s a philosophical assumption disguised as inevitability.
Final Thought:
AI is not an existential threat.
It is an existential mirror.
It forces us to answer:
What makes a human life worth living - beyond function, beyond performance?
And our answer, whatever it is, must begin not with panic - but with purposeful action.
#Ai
AI is already a powerful tool and will become even more powerful. But it lacks:
– Intuition born from failure
– Moral tension
– The experience of suffering
– The will to act in defiance of outcomes
These aren’t side effects of humanity.
They’re the essence of it.
Displacement ≠ Irrelevance.
Yes, AI will replace many functions.
But history has shown that displacement breeds reinvention.
When the old ways collapse, humans don't fade. They redefine.
We don’t become irrelevant.
We become new.
@DavidDuvenaud implies that once AI becomes “better,” human action becomes futile.
But this view misunderstands what gives action meaning.
Action is not meaningful because it’s unique or efficient.
It’s meaningful because it is chosen freely in the face of uncertainty.
A human being is not a utility function.
We are meaning-seeking agents, not optimization problems.
We are not here to be efficient.
We weren’t born to fulfill a role.
Our worth lies in wonder, moral choice and shared bonds.
The Value of Human Life Isn’t in Efficiency.
AI can optimize. It can predict. It can perform.
But to live is not to perform.
It is to choose - often irrationally, often painfully - with stakes that transcend productivity.
Intelligence is only meaningful when paired with intent - the will to shape, risk, and suffer for outcomes.
AI can win at chess.
But only you know why the game matters