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Why humans should merge with AI

D. Scott Phoenix · TED

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Deep tech entrepreneur D. Scott Phoenix spent years building AI — now, he believes we're on the cusp of a profound merger between humans and machines. Reframing the AI debate through the lens of evolutionary biology, he shifts the question from whether we should fear or embrace AI to whether we understand what's at stake if we get it wrong. Hear his provocative case for why we need to "eat the AI."

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2026
Speaker
D. Scott Phoenix
Year
2026
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Computer science, History
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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