Has AI Become the New Oracle?
CarissaVeliz · x · 2026-07-14
The article/interview centers around a question: Is AI becoming the new "Oracle of Delphi"? It pushes the discussion from "what algorithms can do" to "why people rely so heavily on technology to predict the future and grant authority to its judgments."
The core idea is that from worshipping oracles to迷信 algorithms, humanity's desire for "definitive answers" hasn't changed; only the medium has shifted from deities to models and systems. The author uses this to reflect on our projection of technological predictive power and how this projection reshapes society's understanding of truth, judgment, and the future.
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