The Most Human Human

This book by Brian Christian was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: guest. It comes up in conversations about relationships, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

"The Most Human Human" is a provocative exploration of the ways in which computers are reshaping our ideas of what it means to be human. Its starting point is the annual Turing Test, which pits artificial intelligence programs against people to determine if computers can "think."

• “there was this one book the most human human by brian christensen that really was important for me to read back in the day”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “that really was important for me to read back in the day”
  guest · Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 202001:27:58

  Said during "Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion | Lex Fridman Podcast #121". The episode features Eugenia Kuyda: Co-founder and CEO of Replika, an app that lets users build a chatbot AI friend that connects emotionally. A former Russian investigative journalist who created the first version of the tech to memorialize a close friend who died. Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda on loneliness, losing her best friend, and building an AI companion born from grief.