Identity Formation in the AI Future World: Understanding Limbic Resonance

(This is the final article in a series of three short articles on the topic of self-identity formation in our age of artificial intellect generation. To read the previous articles on this topic, go here.) Limbic resonance describes the process by which the limbic systems of two or more brains attune to one another, producing shared emotional states through subtle,… Read More

Image referencing Descartes' Error and the mind-body relationship.

The Shifting Core of Human Identity in an Age of Artificial Intellect

A common way to frame the current wave of artificial intelligence is to say it “replaces human intellect.” That phrase carries a hidden assumption: intellect is mainly what the cerebral cortex does, and the cortex is where the self is built. If that is true, then outsourcing cortical work to machines would seem to outsource identity itself. The question is… Read More