Debate Erupts Over Whether Nietzsche's Übermensch Maps to AI

David Deutsch claimed Nietzsche never anticipated AI and that Samuel Butler was the lone prophet, sparking philosophical pushback that Nietzsche's Übermensch refers to an ideal of spiritual and cultural evolution, not machines.

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