Value in the Human–AI Configuration

The moral, economic and epistemic stakes of AI are not whether machines feel, but what emerges when human judgment and algorithmic power are arranged together. Mistakes in that arrangement can erode the social conditions that make human intelligence compound and produce harms regardless of whether AI is conscious. — Shifting policy and ethics from machine-centered tests of consciousness to stewardship of human–AI configurations reframes regulation, workplace strategy, and public investment priorities.