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The Conversation — AI · October 16, 2026 · On the brief until October 30, 2026

Are you a creature or a machine? How to live in ecological community in a time of AI

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driving a cultural division between living as creatures and living as machines

Timothy Martin applies the writings of the late author Wendell Berry to current debates over artificial intelligence. Berry argued that the mind requires a physical place, warning against treating minds as machines. This view asks scholars to evaluate new technologies through their impact on local ecological communities rather than mechanical efficiency.

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Students can examine whether human thought depends on physical ties to the land or if treating the mind as a machine is inevitable.

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