Michael Pollan Punctures the AI Bubble
Summary
The Atlantic review argues that Pollans new book challenges the premise that AI can replicate consciousness, underscoring a long-standing mystery of experience. It recasts AI hype as primarily an economic and marketing phenomenon, praising AI as a powerful tool while warning it is not a substitute for human minds. The piece situates AI in a broader critique of tech utopianism and urges cautious, human-centered adoption in business.