Life before AI feels unimaginable, like the pre-smartphone era
signulll · x · 2026-08-25
signulll reflects on how life before AI feels like peasantry, comparing it to life before iPhone maps, Google, or calculators. He notes that every great technology feels unnecessary until it exists, after which life without it becomes unimaginable.
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