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I shared the above article with Gemini to get its take on it. But, I really wanted to talk about Lynn Margulis, who is mentioned.

Lynn Margulis By Jpedreira — Self-published work by Jpedreira, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=407368

Based on the article from The Harvard Gazette, here is a summary of the main points:

Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Google’s CTO of Technology and Society, argues that artificial intelligence is not fundamentally different from biological intelligence. He posits that the distinction between “artificial” and “natural” may be incorrect, as both systems are examples of computation.

His main arguments are:

• Brains are Computers: Agüera y Arcas states that brains are not just like computers, but that they are computers in a literal sense. Their primary function is to process information and make predictions, which is what AI systems also do.