This morning, I listened to Sean Illing interview Jaron Lanier, a tech insider known for his work with Virtual Reality, and also a humanist thinker about things tech. This interview is about AI, and Lanier’s thoughtful humanism was refreshing. His dismissal of the Turing Test as being a distraction that leads to the waste of energy and resources seemed spot on, and his encouragement that we stop thinking about AI as a separate entity was a breath of fresh air, as was his assertion that AI is just another technology that needs continual improvement. I tend to find Illing a bit of an Eeyore when it comes to life in general, but Lanier keeps the conversation sharp