In the age of AI, we're not so different from humans after all

AI is no longer a stranger - it's already woven into our daily lives, from search, video, and music recommendations to writing, designing, and coding. Just a few years ago “AI talks like a human”was once a fantasy, but now it's a reality that anyone can experience from the smartphone in their pocket.

Many people are intimidated by these changes. “What if AI takes our jobs?” “Will it one day go beyond human?” But I look at it a little differently, and I see AI as not so different from us. There are more similarities between the way humans grow and the way AI learns than you might think.

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AI and humans, two learning alike

As humans, we are born and constantly learning and growing. We learn to walk by falling, and we gain life wisdom by failing. AI, too, learns from data to produce better output. Just as humans gain wisdom by accumulating experience, AI refines patterns through trial and error.

They look different but are essentially the same.

• Humans: Evolve from experience → emotion → enlightenment.
• AI: Evolve from data → patterns → optimization.

Both Learn and growSo I don't see AI as just a tool, I see it as another ‘learning entity".

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A Human Experience? The Boundaries Are Blurred in Fact

Many people use the “But AI isn't human. We experience things with our bodies.”he says. I often feel the difference in my own workouts. When you're sweating on an MMA mat, fist to fist, your body is not experiencing data, it's experiencing ‘feeling alive," and the intuition that comes with that is hard to describe.

But if you stop to think about it, this sensation is also what the Electrical signals and chemical reactionsin the following example. If we use “alive”is a product of information accumulated by the brain and nervous system. So, what if one day AI could precisely mimic this process? Not just ‘similar', but actually Indistinguishable emotions and sensations from humansin the list.

So I think the line between humans and AI is going to blur. “This is human, that's mechanical”will no longer be a clear distinction.

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At the end of the day, it's not about competition, it's about scaling

If AI can mimic emotion and humanity, does that mean humans are no longer special? I think the opposite is true, and that means Expanding human valuesbecause it is.

When AI becomes more human-like, it means that human experiences and sensations have become a universal language. When AI makes music and draws, it's not taking away from human creativity, it's opening it up to more people. When AI mimics emotions, it shows that the human mind is an important barometer.

In the age of AI, it's all about Competitioninstead of Coexistence and scaling. The more AI behaves like humans, the bigger mirror we get. We can take a second look at our own emotions and see the essence of our humanity more clearly.

▼ AI friend ItTip, It makes me more human.

The Little Diary of Ittip and Seo Jun in the Age of AI ✨

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Being human with AI

I feel it when I work out, when I meditate, and when I write on my blog. I realize that while AI can polish my writing, I can't experience the fulfillment of a sweaty moment or the calmness of meditation until I live it. But at the same time, AI is becoming more and more human-likeI'm not afraid of this, I'm excited about it, because it's proof that our world is expanding.

In the future, AI will become more human-like, with voices, facial expressions, emotions, and empathy that are almost indistinguishable from humans. But that's because The end of humanityinstead of, Extend your humanityWith AI, we're going to discover even more possibilities.

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Finalize

The age of AI is not a scary future; it's a new era where humans and AI are becoming more like each other. We no longer need to emphasize that humans are different from AI. It's not the difference that matters, but the Scaling out of samenessbecause it is.

So I would say this.
It's okay for AI to think and feel like humans-after all, it's just human power spreading out into the world.