Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI

<figure> <img alt="3D illustration of a tray of junk food featuring the logos of various AI companies." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Pedro Nekoi for The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/268726_Cognitive_hotdogs_PENEKOI_115fb1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <!-- Verge looping video (lede). Paste into the story; script finds the Duet lede shell. --> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">Norbert Wiener, godfather of cybernetics, once said, "The thought of every age is reflected in its technique." For the past century, our thought has been reflected in our computers, including by those in the AI industry. <a href="https://www.amacad.org/publication/daedalus/ai-ultimate-tool-science-conversation-demis-hassabis">Google's Demis Hassabis calls</a> the brain "a biological approximation to a Turing machine." <a href="https://whatsuptesla.com/2026/02/14/transcript-elon-musk-interview-part-6/">Elon Musk puts it</a> more bluntly, declaring that "people should just think of the brain as a biological computer." (Musk's brain often worries me.)</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">But humans are more complex than a straightforward comparison to computers gives us credit for - and far more than most of the AI industry seems to appreciate. And as their products push e …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1003794/ai-education-computational-model-thought">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>