The Four Phases of Institutional Collapse in the Age of AI
And yet the marketing, the libertarian politics, and the continued social acceptability of technologically driven industries like the one that has produced decision-guidance technology depends on the assumption that tech makes our lives better. That assumption drives the adoption of AI, as it drove the adoption of smartphones and the Internet befor
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All you have to do is take out your phone to disappear into the frictionless universe of technology. And companies definitely want you to! AI is the newest terrain in a decades-long race to eliminate all forms of cognitive resistance - to build the most complete, most seamless, most profitable mind-melder that follows you across platforms, logs you... See more
Kyla Scanlon • The Most Valuable Commodity in the World is Friction
Does that mean I see nothing but steady material progress and glorious human flourishing in our AI future? Not at all. Instead, I believe that civilization will soon face a different kind of AI-induced crisis. This crisis will lack the apocalyptic drama of a Hollywood blockbuster, but it will disrupt our economic and political systems all the same,
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