🧠 Issue #1 — The Ghost in the Algorithm

In an era where large language models can mimic empathy, generate poetry, and even simulate philosophical debates, we find ourselves asking: what does it mean to be human—really human—when machines can do nearly everything we once thought made us unique?

But maybe the question is backwards.

What if the point isn't to compete with machines, but to lean into the messy, mysterious, creative things only humans can truly understand?

💡 This week’s idea: Embrace your friction.

AI thrives on optimization. It predicts. It accelerates. It cuts out the friction.

But humans?
We grow in friction.
We change our minds.
We get stuck, spiral, feel joy, make mistakes, create beauty.

Your slowness, confusion, contradictions — those are features, not bugs.
That’s what makes you more human.

🔗 Human-Centered Signals

Some links to feed your curiosity this week:

• 🎨 An AI designed an art exhibit — then refused to explain it

• 🧬 New neuroscience research: Emotions may be how we think, not just what we feel

• 🤖 The chatbot whisperer: A role for humans in the AI age

✍️ One Question for You

What’s something you’ve felt lately that a machine could never fully understand?

(Reply to this email — I read everything.)

See you next week,
– morehuman