La Flûte
You sound like a dying bird,
whispers my rakish aura
When a Tool Feels Like a Person
I believe people were pulled from an I-aIt mode of relating, back to an I-It mode. Their illusion of Thou abandoned them, and was replaced by another.
“Researchers Alarmed as AI Refuses to Process Data Unless First Poured Into Elegant Crystal Carafe”
Parce que c’est plus nuancé
I-Thou vs I-aIt
This five-part newsletter series was written and released throughout the summer of 2025.
Part 5: Holding on to Thou in the Age of aIt
In a world increasingly dominated by algorithmic efficiency, our most radical and essential act may be simply showing up for each other, again and again, in all our gloriously inefficient humanity