Smartphone-driven audiovisual media are supplanting reading, creating a post-literate era that reduces attention, depth of knowledge, and perceived intellectual engagement.
AI actively participates in human thinking, altering idea formation and requiring protection of uniquely human faculties like curiosity, intuition, and hesitation.
How the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard predicted today's AI 30 years before ChatGPT
Jean Baudrillard predicted digital culture and AI decades early, theorizing hyperreality, screens/networks, and isolating personal devices like smartphones.
AI companions and chatbots prioritize affirmation and ease, which can foster connection but risk weakening conflict repair, individualization, and growth from frustration.
