human beings

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Or will “robots with no hearts dominate human beings with no agency?”

From Slate • May 8, 2026

As artificial intelligence makes life frictionless, we risk removing the very frictions that keep human beings healthy: effort, challenge, learning and forward motion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

An American court can order their return, but as a practical matter, these human beings have essentially been disappeared.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

"This surprised me because I like animals and I feel proud to call myself one. I've never looked down upon them, so to call human beings animals is not, to me, degrading."

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Why does it matter if fellow human beings suffer?

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall