Long Now essay: "What engines did for muscle, AI does for attention"
round · x · 2026-10-31
Long Now Foundation publishes "Attention Is All You Need" by deepfates, arguing AI will speed up every aspect of human society — for better or worse — because it is made of the substrate society runs on, accelerating all pace layers at once. Key line: "What engines did for muscle, AI does for attention. We are indeed as gods now." Readable online and in the print Pace Layers annual journal.
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