Rautenberg, Niclas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Postdoctoral Fellowship within the Excellence Strategy
Universität Hamburg
Article History
Received: 29 August 2025
Accepted: 11 March 2026
First Online: 30 April 2026
Declarations
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: Curmudgeon Corner is a short opinionated column on trends in technology, arts, science and society, commenting on issues of concern to the research community and wider society. Whilst the drive for super-human intelligence promotes potential benefits to wider society, it also raises deep concerns of existential risk, thereby highlighting the need for an ongoing conversation between technology and society. At the core of Curmudgeon concern is the question: What is it to be human in the age of the AI machine? -Editor.
: The authors declare no competing interests.