He is a disciple
and, alas, America is prone to believe in disciples as proof that despite our
flaws we are a godly nation and those who’ve been chosen as prophets to the
American Way are indeed haloed and their work should be elevated as divine.
Musk. Bezos. Page.
Cook. Four horsemen of the AI-calypse as perceived by the incredibly shrinking world
of free thinkers. Words that will by their nature never slip the algorithms and
go viral, words that can make a difference only on paper and in the private
burrow of those who would debunk them. All of whom are seen as losers, of
course. Except where it counts: in the head and in the heart.
How do you spell
backlash?
We are secure only
in our techno-tribes. Would that a legitimate power, a true mystic leader, take
us by the hand and, as disciples to this more righteous cause, escort us all to
the promised land.
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