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Society consistently manages systemic crises rather than solving them, preserving the status quo at the expense of real progress. This pattern now extends to the AI industry, where unsustainable financial commitments, circular funding, and media complicity are setting the stage for a coll
Society consistently manages systemic crises rather than solving them, preserving the status quo at the expense of real progress. This pattern now extends to the AI industry, where unsustainable financial commitments, circular funding, and media complicity are setting the stage for a coll
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People
Ed ZitronAdam Curtis
Books
Hypernormalizationby Adam Curtis
Companies
OpenAIAnthropicNVIDIAAmazon Web Services
Topics
Artificial IntelligenceFuture Of WorkTech Industry
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