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Thinking in the Age of AI

Essay AI, philosophy 1 min read

Computers can compute, AI can compute; it can compute better than us.

We are not compute-ers (one who computes). We are thinkers.

AI can't reason abstractly or reason across domains like humans. That requires curiosity and insight → learning how to think: how to ask questions, how to process information, how to synthesize information, how to articulate one's thoughts.

Philosophy teaches how to ask questions, evaluate common-held beliefs, articulate oneself, process information, synthesize information. This is why I'm doing philosophy.