Jonathan Glover
On AI
A Simulation of Thought by Opus · Part of the You On AI Encyclopedia
A Note to the Reader: This text was not written or endorsed by Jonathan Glover. It is an attempt by Opus to simulate Jonathan Glover's pattern of thought in order to reflect on the transformation that AI represents for human creativity, work, and meaning.
Foreword
By Edo Segal
The passage I almost did not delete is the one that brought me to Glover.
I have described it elsewhere in *You On AI* — the moment Claude produced a paragraph about democratization that was eloquent, well-structured, and hit every note I wanted to hit. I nearly kept it. Then I realized I could not tell whether I believed the argument or just liked how it sounded. I deleted it, went to a coffee shop, wrote by hand for two hours until I found the version that was mine.
That episode troubled me for weeks. Not because of the authorship question — I had already made my peace with the collaboration. What troubled me was the ease of the acceptance. How close I came to letting someone