Jeanette Winterson on AI and the future of humanity

In an interview, Jeanette Winterson argues that AI is an evolutionary leap rather than merely a tool, and that whether it produces dystopia or a utopian reorganisation of work depends on political and economic choices rather than on the technology itself. She contends that flawed human assumptions are built into large language models, warns that concentrated corporate power could turn AI into a prison, and calls for a humanist education centred on creativity and thinking to prepare people for a world where machines do more.