Question
In what ways is AI fundamentally different from previous technological revolutions, especially in how it engages human thought and language?
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Previous tools extended our hands or our reach. AI engages the very medium of thought—language—so it can mimic understanding without being a subject. That blurs the line between tool and substitute in a way the printing press never did.
Mimic understanding without being a subject—that's the key distinction.