Every Audio Essays: ChatGPT Is Changing Our Understanding of the Human Intellect

ChatGPT is changing what it means to feel uniquely human. Large language models have the ability to mimic human creativity and spout human knowledge at record speeds—and they’re getting more powerful by the day. But while this technology might seem scary, it doesn’t need to be.

Every CEO Dan Shipper puts it this way: “ChatGPT doesn’t replace me. It just changes what it is that I do.” In this essay, Dan makes a case for a new understanding of human intellect, drawing on examples from medicine, psychology, and philosophy.

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