Humanities

Post-cognitive world

I would also now add a surprising element to my 2024 essay: as the cost of cognition approaches zero, that which is repeatable will be replaceable—and will indeed be replaced—by AI (a favorite saying of Palantir Co-Founder Stephen Cohen), which opens up an aperture for those who truly undertake creative acts. In short, we are going to be forced by the technology to be more creative; we will be impelled to do that which only…