Benjamin Bratton on what humans have that AI doesn't: babies, dreams, anesthesia, crowds
bratton · x · 2026-10-03
Philosopher Benjamin Bratton lists four capacities he sees as distinctly human vs AI: we can have babies, we can dream, we have anesthesia, we have crowds — continuing his argument that the human/AI divide lies in biological existence rather than intelligence.
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