Writing hurt memory, GPS hurt navigation — why might AI break that pattern?
fkasummer · x · 2026-10-08
Quoting @bognamk's take that written text 'damaged' memory and GPS 'damaged' navigation while human cognition adapts by incorporating prosthetics like books, maps, and phones, fkasummer asks why this recurring pattern across past technologies might fail in the case of intelligence — and suggests tracing the formative decision points across 70 years of AI, plus social media, the internet, and the post-WW2 aftermath. An open-ended provocation rather than a conclusion.
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