Author - Gene Veith

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Gene Veith is a retired English professor and college administrator, most recently at Patrick Henry College and Concordia University Wisconsin. He has written or edited 30 books, including Irreplaceable: Humanity, Vocation, and the Limits of Technology. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. He and his wife live in St. Louis.

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What Are Humans For? (& Why AI Can Never Take Your Place)

Gene VeithOctober 27, 2026

Technology pessimists are saying that AI will kill us all. To me, technology optimists are even scarier, believing that AI will eliminate our need to work, think, create, communicate, learn, invent, and have relationships. Either scenario would end...

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