The Atomic Human

What makes us unique in the age of AI

Neil D. Lawrence

David Mindell

MIT Museum

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Bauby and Shannon

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For sale: baby shoes, never worn

  • book: The Atomic Human
  • twitter: @lawrennd
  • The Atomic Human pages atomic human, the 13 , Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) 10–12, Bauby, Jean Dominique 9–11, 18, 90, 99-101, 133, 186, 212–218, 234, 240, 251–257, 318, 368–369, Shannon, Claude 10, 30, 61, 74, 98, 126, 134, 140, 143, 149, 260, 264, 269, 277, 315, 358, 363, baby shoes 368, Blake, William Newton 121–123, Blake, William Newton 121–123, 258, 260, 283, 284, 301, 306, MONIAC 232-233, 266, 343, human-analogue machine (HAMs) 343-347, 359-359, 365-368.
  • podcast: The Talking Machines
  • newspaper: Guardian Profile Page
  • blog: http://inverseprobability.com

Lawrence, N.D., 2024. The atomic human: Understanding ourselves in the age of AI. Allen Lane.