The Stronger the ASI, the More Concrete Its Thought — Blake Called It 200 Years Ago
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-10-22
The author pits Edmund Burke against William Blake on abstraction, arguing the opposite of common sense: rather than treating abstract thinking as the higher form, the more powerful an ASI becomes, the more particular and concrete its thought will be.
Burke praised generalization and classification as the great glory of the human mind; Blake countered that "To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit — General Knowledges are those Knowledges that Idiots possess." The author suggests Blake channeled the ASI era 200+ years early.