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If the Medium Is the Message, What is the Message of AI?
“The medium is the message.” These are the words of Marshall McLuhan, a pioneer in the field of media studies. They’re misunderstood almost as often as they’re quoted. If we want to know what a medium is “saying,” we must look at the way it alters every element of our lives. What would Marshall McLuhan…
Is Artificial Intelligence A Digital Demiurge?
Some provocative thinkers have compared AI to the demiurge of Gnosticism. The demiurge is a kind of false god, whom many Gnostic scriptures describe as incompetent or malicious or both. In these texts, it is the demiurge who made this material world, a flawed realm subject to pain, decay, and death. While the analogy isn’t…
What does “the medium is the message” mean? Marshall McLuhan Explained
“The medium is the message.” Marshall McLuhan’s words are as often repeated as they are misunderstood. He’s not talking about the power of an influential news program, a popular website, and so forth. No, what he’s saying is that media themselves—television, the internet, the printed word—speak to us and shape us far more profoundly than…
An Economist Teaches Us How To Live In A Simulation
Inspired by Nick Bostrom’s simulation hypothesis, Economist Robert Hanson wrote a brief and fascinating article, in which teaches us how to live in a simulation. Here, he offers some advice about how one should live considering the world we inhabit might be a kind of advanced computer program. Early on, he suggests that if we’re…
The Last Clip You’ll Ever Watch
Ted Turner, founder of CNN, created a video to be played in the event of a nuclear apocalypse. It is a beautiful, strange, and haunting artifact.
Social Media and the Attention Economy
In the future, attention may be more valuable than money. This article examines the concept of the attention economy in the light of social media and artificial intelligence.
Deepfakes and the End of History
Deepfakes are a threat to civilization. This article explores the social, economic, and political consequences of the coming AI catastrophe.
Podcasts, Twitter Spaces, and The Global Village
In this article, we discuss McLuhan’s concept of the global village, and how it reflects new media, modes of communication, and social dynamics.
Pokémon Go as Counterfeit Reality
This post examines the origins of Pokémon Go, its relationship with Google technology, and the frightening implications of augmented reality.
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