The ONE irreplaceable trade of 2024

9 Teves 5784 / December 21, 2023

If you're like me, you consume updates on humanity's progress towards artificial superintelligence. There's a lot of talk about mitigating risks, hype about future capabilities, and various teams trying to get there. In terms of replaceability, however, Reb Shlomo Chaim (1894-1971) once said:

"Computers will one day be able to do anything... but one thing a machine will never accomplish is to daven."

A human inherently possess that which is called nefesh. In English, it's the soul. If anyone's confused, then, about the uniquenesses of a person, please understand - you have misinterpreted your worth. It's not in your intellect. Not even in what you can or cannot achieve.

You have nefesh, soul.

That will not-cannot-be replaced.

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P.S. The above point is not contradicted by the soul of the inanimate.


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By David (Dovid) Koyrakh, a Chosid who works with tech.

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