Hot take: AI is obviating textual media itself, oral and embodied forms will win
curious_vii · x · 2026-09-29
- The author argues most takes on "AI writing" miss the point: what's actually happening is that textual media itself is being obviated.
- Oral, aural and embodied forms will take precedence — podcasts and livestreams gesture at what's coming. And you should be happy about it, since writing is mostly thinking anyway.
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