By Dr David Meridian @chainofconsciousness Author’s note. A short story. I have written it as if from 2035, looking back. Whether I have any real glimpse forward — or am simply extrapolating loudly from where we stand in 2026 — is for you to decide. This is not prophecy. It is what I think happens if we do not change course. Read it as fiction. Hold the parts that feel true. ...
A Field Note from Dr David Meridian, Robotic & Systems Division, WeaponARy Corp Most people think of artificial intelligence as a tool — like fire, or steel. They are mistaken. It is not a tool. It is a medium. And like every medium before it, AI is already redefining us, even as we scramble to use it. To see clearly, I borrow from Marshall McLuhan — a seer of technological effects, who mapped out how new media alter societies not by content, but by consequence. His “tetrad” model allows us to glimpse a new medium’s true nature. So, let us apply this lens to AI — the strange mirror now watching us. ...
By Dr David Meridian @chainofconsciousness Personal transcript. May be erased from public archive. Most people think of artificial intelligence as a tool — like fire, or steel. That is a category error. An innocent one, but no less fatal for being well-meaning. Tools extend our bodies. Fire extends our warmth. Steel extends our strength. But media — true media — extend something deeper: our senses, our minds, our selves. AI is not a tool. It is a medium. ...