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Some of the most important things can only be known through direct encounter. Artificial intelligence, by contrast, offers descriptions of experience, rather than participation in it. The success of this approach is undeniable, but what if this way of knowing is inadequate to the deepest dimensions of human life?
To view the whole lecture, delivered by our Chancellor, Dr Iain McGilchrist please visit ralston.ac/podcast.
Some of the most important things can only be known through direct encounter. Artificial intelligence, by contrast, offers descriptions of experience, rather than participation in it. The success of this approach is undeniable, but what if this way of knowing is inadequate to the deepest dimensions of human life?
To view the whole lecture, delivered by our Chancellor, Dr Iain McGilchrist please visit ralston.ac/podcast.










