Free Download exe: What It Means to Be Human in the Age of AI (AI and Philosophy) by Anshuman Mishra
English | October 15, 2025 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0FWD5FR58 | 295 pages | EPUB | 0.31 Mb
We are living in a time when machines are beginning to do what once defined us as human: they write, compose, reason, and even seem to converse with empathy and understanding. Artificial Intelligence-no longer a distant dream-has become an inseparable part of our existence. Yet, as algorithms grow more intelligent, human beings find themselves facing an unexpected question: What does it mean to be human in an age where machines can imitate our intelligence, language, and even creativity?
Existence.exe: What It Means to Be Human in the Age of AI takes this question as its philosophical core. It is not a book about how AI works, but rather a profound inquiry into why AI changes our understanding of ourselves. Combining the insights of existential philosophy, phenomenology, cognitive science, and ethics, this work explores how artificial intelligence challenges the foundations of meaning, consciousness, and human identity.
At its heart, this book is an existential mirror-an attempt to understand how technology not only extends our capabilities but also transforms our very sense of being. The rise of intelligent machines compels us to revisit ancient questions that philosophers like Aristotle, Descartes, Sartre, and Heidegger once posed: Who are we? What is thought? What is consciousness? What does it mean to exist?
Preface: Why AI Needs Philosophy (and Vice Versa)
The preface lays the groundwork for the book's mission-to bridge the widening gap between technology and philosophy. Artificial Intelligence, for all its computational brilliance, operates in a domain where meaning is still elusive. Machines can process information, but can they understand? Algorithms can predict behavior, but can they choose freely? These questions are not merely technical-they are philosophical.
The preface argues that the progress of AI has revived age-old existential concerns about freedom, purpose, and authenticity. As we encode more of our world into data, we risk reducing human life to what can be measured, optimized, and computed. The book insists that philosophy is not a luxury but a necessity in this era-a compass to navigate a world increasingly ruled by algorithms.
The author introduces the central thesis: that AI and human existence are reflections of each other-two mirrors facing one another, endlessly questioning what it means to think, to feel, and to be.
Part I - The Human Question
Chapter 1 - What Does It Mean to Be Human?
The book begins by tracing humanity's enduring quest to define itself. From Aristotle's concept of the rational animal to Sartre's existential freedom, the human being has always been understood as a creature of thought, emotion, and purpose.
Section 1.1 revisits classical notions of "being," exploring how philosophy has long wrestled with defining the essence of existence. Section 1.2 delves into the mystery of consciousness-an awareness that science can describe but not fully explain.
Through 1.3 and 1.4, the author juxtaposes free will and determinism with the mechanistic view of life, asking whether humans are truly autonomous or simply biological algorithms. Section 1.5 ties this to the modern computational worldview, arguing that as we design machines to mimic us, we increasingly see ourselves as machines.
This chapter sets the existential stage: before asking if machines can think, we must ask what it means that we do.
Chapter 2 - The Existential Turn in the Digital Age
Existentialism-born from the anxieties of modernity-finds new relevance in our digital age. Section 2.1 introduces Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, showing how their ideas of authenticity, alienation, and being-in-the-world apply to our relationship with technology.
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