Spanish AI founder publishes 'Vita', an essay on AI, science and the limits of life
uribeetxebarria · x · 2026-10-11
Xabi Uribe-Etebarria, founder and CEO of Sherpa.ai, has published 'Vita: how AI and science are redefining what we mean by life', interviewed by XL Semanal (El Mundo).
- His thesis: "Every time we said machines could never do something, we were wrong."
- The book argues AI is reshaping not just economies and society but our fundamental understanding of what it means to be alive, at the intersection of AI, science and the limits of life.
- Once-niche debates about machine consciousness and rights have now entered mainstream discourse.
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