To A.I. Executives, We’re All Just ‘Meat Computers’
The relationship between mind and machine has long fascinated philosophers and scientists, who have likened the human brain to clocks, chronometers and, in more recent decades, computers. In the early days of artificial intelligence, academics referred cheekily to humans as “meat machines.” Lately this framing has trickled into the vernacular of tech executives. Elon Musk…
