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AI is killing choice and chance – which means changing what it means to be human

  • Written by Nir Eisikovits, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, University of Massachusetts Boston
AI is killing choice and chance – which means changing what it means to be humanAI promises to make life easier, but what will humans lose in the bargain?AP Photo/Frank Augstein

The history of humans’ use of technology has always been a history of coevolution. Philosophers from Rousseau to Heidegger to Carl Schmitt have argued that technology is never a neutral tool for achieving human ends. Technological innovations...

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