Humans are the moat: Why AI cannot replace real interaction
xiaosun86 · x · 2026-08-17
The author argues that humans themselves are the moat, as anything generated a posteriori can be replaced by AI. However, our understanding of the world and human interaction exists outside language and cannot be expressed in tokens. Just as we prefer real plants over plastic ones even if technology can simulate sensory details, the value of human interaction is rooted in our nature and how the world is constructed, beyond AI's reach.
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