Bret Victor, a researcher and designer, responded to a draft of 'Using Artificial Intelligence to Augment Human Intelligence' by Michael Nielsen and Shan Carter, questioning whether the civilization being built is the one we truly want. Victor argues that the focus on augmenting individual intelligence through AI overlooks broader societal and ethical considerations, urging a reexamination of the values embedded in technological progress.
A response to a draft of
[Using Artificial Intelligence to Augment Human Intelligence](https://distill.pub/2017/aia/) by
[Michael Nielsen](https://michaelnielsen.org) and
[Shan Carter](http://shancarter.com).
“IA” here refers to human “intelligence augmentation”, in contrast to “AI”, or “artificial intelligence”.
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