What the blind society of Apple TV+'s 'See' reveals about how we face AI
yongqianme · x · 2026-11-01
ReWatching Apple TV+'s See, the author draws an analogy to our relationship with AI:
- In the show, generations live without sight — people can hold books but cannot read them, with centuries of knowledge right in front of them yet beyond reach.
- The author argues we may be in a similar position with AI: we can use it, debate it, even fear it, but do we truly understand what we're facing?
- The key insight: the greatest limitation may not be what AI can do, but what we are capable of imagining it can do.
- Closing twist: perhaps AI isn't the book — perhaps AI is sight itself.
The post includes an AI-generated poster riffing on See with the tagline "What if AI is sight itself?"
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