Why Not Let AI Think for Us?
I explore this question as a philosopher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, investigating how AI transforms our relationship with knowledge, creativity, and truth. My journey began in 2017 as a consultant at ORACLE, where Larry Ellison proclaimed: “Eliminate human labour and you eliminate human error.” That same year, Cambridge Analytica demonstrated how AI could manipulate millions of minds. These experiences didn’t just worry me—they fundamentally changed my life. I deleted all my social media accounts and switched from tech consulting to Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, determined to understand how we can preserve our ability to think for ourselves in an age of algorithmic influence. While tech leaders promise AI that thinks and understands, the real issue isn’t whether computers can truly think—they process patterns, not meaning. The urgent question is:
Why not let AI think for us?
