Homo Sapiens vs. Homo Patiens or: How One Might Learn to Stop Worrying and Love AI

In this essay I present two philosophical anthropologies, one of agency (homo sapiens) and one of passivity (homo patiens). For biological and sociological reasons, the former has dominated human self-understanding. Recent technology, culminating in generative AI, threatens to make a passive anthrop...

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Главный автор: Blincoe, Adam (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2025
В: American catholic philosophical quarterly
Год: 2025, Том: 99, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 337-352
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