AI Makes People Prone to Dogmatic Definitions of Thought
gleech · x · 2026-07-09
Citing a specific perspective, the post argues that the emergence of AI has eroded the healthy uncertainty we once had about "what thinking is," leading many to define consciousness and thought in a more dogmatic manner.
The author suggests that while LLMs might not think like human brains, the very act of machines mimicking "thinking" in text and art prompts a deeper inquiry: what truly constitutes creativity and thought?
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