Why We Need to Start Talking About the Mental States of Our Machines

Artificial intelligence provides a profound shift in how we understand ourselves. Algorithms generate new maps for how we make sense of the world. We are reproducing ourselves through technology, creating tools which reflect our own image — augmenting our realities through big data software, global interconnectivity, and global consciousness. We have given our cognitive biases, values, and misunderstanding over to math-powered applications that increasingly manage our lives. This changes our stories. [Continue reading]