Intelligence isn’t solo: AI falls short on social, embodied cognition
TL;DR
Claims that AI will soon surpass human intelligence rest on comparing machines to isolated cognitive benchmarks. The authors argue human intelligence is social, embodied, and cumulative—emerging from language, cooperation, and culture—while AI remains narrow, data-biased, and lacking genuine understanding or shared intentionality. Seen this way, AI is a powerful tool, not a mind superior to humanity, and hype distracts from governance, bias, and labor implications.
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