The fourth class of reality
How to stop an AI hyperobject from deciding humanity Is optional
Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, founder of Inflection, and now CEO of Microsoft AI, isn’t a doomer. He’s a builder. And that’s what makes his warning hard to ignore.
In a recent interview, Suleyman makes three unsettling claims:
• Humanity has entered its most dangerous transition yet, a cognitive shift more profound than language, agriculture, or industry.
• AI is not just a better tool; it challenges the idea of human exceptionalism itself.
• Our existing mental model of reality is no longer sufficient.
Until now, the world has been divided into three classes of existence: nature, humans, and tools. AI fits none of them. Suleyman argues it represents a fourth class, synthetic beings. This isn’t metaphorical.
Philosopher Timothy Morton uses the term “hyperobject” to describe phenomena so vast in scale and duration that we can’t perceive their boundaries, climate change, nucle
How to stop an AI hyperobject from deciding humanity Is optional
Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, founder of Inflection, and now CEO of Microsoft AI, isn’t a doomer. He’s a builder. And that’s what makes his warning hard to ignore.
In a recent interview, Suleyman makes three unsettling claims:
• Humanity has entered its most dangerous transition yet, a cognitive shift more profound than language, agriculture, or industry.
• AI is not just a better tool; it challenges the idea of human exceptionalism itself.
• Our existing mental model of reality is no longer sufficient.
Until now, the world has been divided into three classes of existence: nature, humans, and tools. AI fits none of them. Suleyman argues it represents a fourth class, synthetic beings. This isn’t metaphorical.
Philosopher Timothy Morton uses the term “hyperobject” to describe phenomena so vast in scale and duration that we can’t perceive their boundaries, climate change, nucle
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How to stop an AI hyperobject from deciding humanity Is optional
Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, founder of Inflection, and now CEO of Microsoft AI, isn’t a doomer. He’s a builder. And that’s what makes his warning hard to ignore.
In a recent interview, Suleyman makes three unsettling claims:
• Humanity has entered its most dangerous transition yet, a cognitive shift more profound than language, agriculture, or industry.
• AI is not just a better tool; it challenges the idea of human exceptionalism itself.
• Our existing mental model of reality is no longer sufficient.
Until now, the world has been divided into three classes of existence: nature, humans, and tools. AI fits none of them. Suleyman argues it represents a fourth class, synthetic beings. This isn’t metaphorical.
Philosopher Timothy Morton uses the term “hyperobject” to describe phenomena so vast in scale and duration that we can’t perceive their boundaries, climate change, nucle
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