IF Machines Think, Do We Cease to Exist? Revisiting Descartes in the Age of AI

When Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am," he placed human consciousness at the center of existence. His assertion implies that without awareness, the world loses its meaning-a sentiment echoed by a Brazilian community member who responded to an educator, "The universe would not exist without me, for if I were not here, who would name it?" (as recounted in Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed).

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