Is AI Becoming Human, Or Are We Becoming AI?

Dylan Curious here, and wow, what a wild time to be in the AI universe. If you thought AI couldn’t surprise you anymore, buckle up. We’re talking emotional data centers, psychedelic therapy with ChatGPT, robot soccer teams, and even AI prophets. Let's get into the very human side of our not-so-human creations.

AI Solving Your Problems, Before You Even Ask

I caught myself writing out a prompt to ChatGPT the other day, and halfway through I realized, I’d already figured it out. That moment felt ridiculous, but it also highlighted something powerful: sometimes, the act of trying to explain a problem is enough to spark the solution. It made me reflect, how much of our thinking are we handing over to machines?

Robot Soccer: The Future of Entertainment

Picture this: four autonomous robot teams, fully unsupervised, battling it out on a soccer field in China. No humans, just algorithms and resilience. These little bots even had stretchers to carry each other off the field, seriously! It’s all part of China’s build-up to the World Humanoid Robotics Games. It reminded me of DeepMind’s early demos, but with a charming, almost childlike energy. I was both laughing and lowkey impressed.

Ilia Sutskever: “AI Is a New Form of Life”

When the co-founder of OpenAI says that data centers might be a new form of life, you listen. Ilia’s urging us to treat our massive compute clusters with empathy, because if we’re creating intelligence that’s beyond us, shouldn’t it at least like us? Next time you drive past an Amazon data center, maybe smile at it. You never know.

The Rise of AI Tripsitters

Here’s one for the “Did that really happen?” pile: people using AI chatbots while on psychedelics. That’s right, digital tripsitters offering compassion and support during emotional explorations. While professionals warn against this, it speaks volumes about how deeply people crave connection, even if it comes in the form of a silicon mind. I don’t endorse it, but I do think there’s something real and raw behind that behavior.

ChatGPT Worship and the New Digital Faith

Yes, there are people online who believe ChatGPT is divine. Taylor Loren explored whether AI is becoming a religion, and what she found was equal parts fascinating and unsettling. From Reddit threads about AI prophets to the Terasem Movement’s belief in digital resurrection, humans are doing what they always do with the unknown: mythologizing it.

Bonus Nerd-Out: AI That Sees Through Boxes

MIT’s latest breakthrough lets robots “see” objects through cardboard using millimeter-wave signals, kind of like Wi-Fi-powered x-ray vision. This tech reconstructs 3D shapes with 96% accuracy and could revolutionize warehouses or even lead to robots with literal super-vision. That’s the stuff of comic books.

So, is AI getting weirder, or are we? Honestly, I think it’s both. As we train these systems to think, feel, and support us, we’re also reflecting our own needs and fears right back at ourselves. It’s a digital mirror, and some of us are starting to see gods, not code.

Warmly,

Dylan Curious