Photo: Illustration: Stefan Dimitrov
Photo: Illustration: Stefan Dimitrov

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AI Is Already Changing What It Means to Be Human

As we learn to think more and more highly of the bots, we will learn to think less and less highly of our fellow humans.

First published in The Atlantic on September 6, 2026.

by David Brooks, The Atlantic
September 10, 2026 | reading time: 11 Min.

Updated at 10:42 a.m. ET on September 8, 2026

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