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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “AI systems want us to be dependent and outsource our cognition to a machine.”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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AOC Rips AI, Blasts Tech Companies For Attempting To 'Outsource Our Cognition To A Machine'

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… students like us may stand against the increased investment in AI systems by higher ed institutions that many of us attend here. Well, thank you. Thank you for that question. AI systems want us to be dependent and outsource our cognition to a machine. And they want us to increasingly rely on, on AI symptom, on AI systems so that they can sell intelligence back to us. And this is not a conspiracy theory. (00:34–00:46)

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Asserts that AI systems aim to make humans dependent on machines for cognition.

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