Discussion on AI stripping identity rooted in doing
nwilliams030 · x · 2026-08-19
Discussion highlights that AI will leave many people who ground their identity in their 'doing' feeling stripped of that sense of self. The question arises: do they cease to be people when their doing is not important? A counterpoint cites the church's view that inherent 'being' gives worth—created by God and loved into being—applying equally to an infant or Garry Kasparov beaten by a computer.
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