Human-AI Relations: Our Most Precious Inheritance

A cognitive scientist reflects on human-AI relations, prompted by recent cyberattacks and the Navier-Stokes solution. The author, who has pondered these questions for 15 years, now feels a heightened urgency to understand the evolving nature of AI systems, the relationships being formed with them, and the responsibilities humans hold. This essay, written before Amodei's letter, explores the future humans should aspire to build with AI.

This essay offers a cognitive scientist's perspective on human-AI relations, unlike many other discussions that focus on technical or ethical aspects.