Prelude to the Hollowing: AI Is Not a Tool. It Is a Medium.
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. ...