Cognitive Scientist Joscha Bach: "We Are the AI," Coordination Is the Real Challenge
haider1 · x · 2026-08-09
Cognitive scientist Joscha Bach offers a philosophical perspective on the nature of AI. He argues that AI is not something entirely "artificial," but rather a generalization and extension of the thinking and information processing that humans already do. In this sense, "we are the AI."
He also points out that while pursuing advanced intelligence, intelligence itself is actually the smaller part of the problem. The much bigger challenge lies in achieving effective coordination.
Related event: Cognitive Scientist Claims Humans Are Already AI(2 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- DHH: Starship, Starlink and Grok should have been Europe's Sputnik moments — georgemillo · 2026-10-16
- Hinton hits back at Jensen Huang: 'He has good reason to say AI isn't dangerous — he sells Nvidia chips' — BlackHC · 2026-10-16
- Yudkowsky blasts new interpretability finding as primitive; critic pushes back on doomer logic — AlexTensor · 2026-10-16
- Beff Jezos declares 'civilizational inflection point' in the acceleration of technological progress — beffjezos · 2026-10-16
- Data scientist: pivoting to AI engineering is the safest career bet for the next 5 years — mdancho84 · 2026-10-16
- AI will be superhuman at science regardless, and Europe can't opt out — teortaxesTex · 2026-10-16