Interesting article on a very important topic. I would relate it to the idea of embodied mind, as in Merleau-Ponty. Also Eugene Gendlin's experiential focusing.

But I see the unconscious and conscious mind as having a more cooperative relationship, at least much of the time. All day long the unconscious mind sends thoughts into the conscious mind, like reminding you of what that object in front of you is for and how to use it, and what you need to be doing today. But going the other way the conscious mind regularly makes requests of the unconscious mind, like how to express something in language, or what is the name of the person you were talking with last week.

Back and forth it goes, each type of mind performing its unique function in order to get us through life. And I would agree the AI people don't understand this at all.