{"slug": "the-only-thing-inside-an-ai-is-people", "title": "The only thing inside an AI is people", "summary": "Computer scientist Jaron Lanier told Neil deGrasse Tyson and Negin Farsad on StarTalk that AI systems are not black boxes but are filled with people and their data, reiterating his 2023 New Yorker essay 'There Is No AI.' Lanier argues that the 'black box' metaphor obscures the human labor and contributions behind AI models.", "body_md": "In a new [StarTalk episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTppvBU2rU4), Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Negin Farsad interviewed Jaron Lanier, the computer scientist who wrote the 2023 *New Yorker* piece, \"[There Is No AI](https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/there-is-no-ai).\"\n\nLanier thinks calling AI a \"black box\" where nobody knows what's inside these models is really just a way to avoid the truth: the box is full of people and their data. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/08/14/jaron-lanier-there-is-no-ai.html)\n\nThe post [The only thing inside an AI is people](https://boingboing.net/2026/08/14/jaron-lanier-there-is-no-ai.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-only-thing-inside-an-ai-is-people", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/08/14/jaron-lanier-there-is-no-ai.html", "published_at": "2026-08-14 12:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-14 12:41:08.263926+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Jaron Lanier", "Neil deGrasse Tyson", "Negin Farsad", "StarTalk", "New Yorker", "Boing Boing"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-only-thing-inside-an-ai-is-people", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-only-thing-inside-an-ai-is-people.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-only-thing-inside-an-ai-is-people.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-only-thing-inside-an-ai-is-people.jsonld"}}