AI Employees Will Deepen Cognitive Divides
Steve_Yegge · x · 2026-07-11
The author suggests that whether someone views a dog as a "human-like" entity might correlate with whether they view an LLM as "human-like". This divergence in perceiving intelligence and personhood could become an increasingly clear dividing line among humans.
They further predict that as companies begin managing AI as "new employees," this divide will rapidly widen, evolving into a broader social issue concerning the identity and status of AI.
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