The Next AI Shock
It’s not about how smart machines get, but how human they might start to feel.
We’ve been shocked before.
Electricity, the internet, smartphones-each one flipped our world upside down.
And now, AI.
So far, most of the shock has been about intelligence. Machines that can write, code, make art, even argue with you, that’s already enough to make us uneasy.
But in this article that I am sharing with you, Kevin Kelly points to the next big surprise: what happens when AI doesn’t just think but starts to feel?
If intelligence is the engine, emotions are the steering wheel. They decide where we’re headed, closer to connection, or straight into chaos.
This piece isn’t science fiction. It’s a glimpse of what’s coming soon: moving from “Will AI take our jobs?” to “What happens when AI becomes our partner?”
It’s not about robots taking over the world. It’s about something stranger: how emotional AI could reshape the way we connect, live, and even see ourselves.
Get ready, the next shock from AI won’t be how smart it is, but how human it feels.
You can read it here:
That’s it for this week.
Manoj
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