Humaneering | Jeff Turner

Artificial Intelligence Is 70 Years Young Today

Artificial intelligence is unusual in so many ways. One unique aspect of AI is that it has a verifiable birthday. Most sciences don’t.

The Magnifica Humanitas, the first encyclical from Pope Leo XIV, is about staying human in the age of AI. It’s Humaneering in different clothes.

I learned something from this experiment with an AI agent trained on my content and my voice, but certainly not what I expected.

I was fooled for a moment by an AI voice yesterday morning. But I liked it, and it got me what I wanted. And that is the part I can’t get past.

Fifteen years ago I wrote a post titled, Social Is A Mindset. AI isn’t a mindset. But AI requires a mindset. And I’m giving it a name.

“I do not consent.” That was my nephew Shane’s response to a text message I sent. I had no idea what he meant.