Tom Junod: Bearing witness is the one thing humans do right that AI can't
david_perell · x · 2026-08-17
Author Tom Junod argues that the one thing humanity has truly done right is "bearing witness" to its own existence. He describes this act of witnessing as the work of the soul, a unique capability that AI cannot replicate and should not be replaced.
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