Must we become machine-like to truly communicate with artificial intelligence?
In short: Matt Jones explores the unsettling possibility that human-AI interaction requires us to shed our biological nature. By examining how digital services already reshape our behavior, this lecture questions whether fusing with advanced AI ultimately erodes our essential humanity.
Drawing on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s observation that a talking lion would remain unintelligible to us due to their fundamentally different nature, Matt Jones argues that AI’s alien material necessitates a transformation in humans. If we are to bridge the gap between biological and digital intelligence, we may be forced to adopt machine-like traits ourselves.
The lecture, recorded on November 25, 2025, at Barnard’s Inn Hall, London, draws on Jones’s 30-plus years of experience as a computer scientist at Swansea University. His work, which focuses on human-centered technology like voice assistants and mobile navigation, provides the backdrop for this inquiry into the future of human-AI fusion.
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