A Perspective on Media in the AI Era
matdryhurst · x · 2026-07-15
Quoting the Duchamp/Ascott view that "media is human consciousness," the article further redefines media in the AI era as "coordinated consciousness."
The author's core thesis is that in the AI era, the true "material" is no longer just the mind of a single subject, but an electronic cloud formed by organic and synthetic intelligence connected via protocols; the world itself is atomically constituted by these protocols and consciousness networks.
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