How AI quietly flipped from a means to accelerate tech into the end goal itself
zetalyrae · x · 2026-11-13
The author draws an analogy: AI started as a means to fast-track broader technological uplift but has become the end in itself — much like degrowth began as a tool to fight climate change and mutated into the desired outcome. A short but pointed observation on goal inversion in the AI field.
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