Is AI more like the Industrial Revolution or the invention of literacy?

2025-06-23 · Bits and Bobs 6/23/25

Is AI more like the Industrial Revolution or the invention of literacy?
- The latter shaped our thoughts in new ways not possible before.
- Entire religions were founded based on the power of the written word.

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