Calling It "Superintelligence" Risks Cognitive Surrender, Psychology Today Essay Argues
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-10-03
Writing in Psychology Today, John Nosta argues that labeling advanced AI as "superintelligence" falsely equates machine computation with human cognition and wisdom. The framing risks a dangerous "cognitive surrender," where humanity treats raw compute as a proxy for moral and intellectual authority. A philosophical critique of AI narratives rather than a technical analysis.
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