Everybody’s weirded out by AI—except the people who foist it on us
- Jul 17
- 1 min read

NEW REPUBLIC — Today, we are seeing a similar scenario play out, but with AI. Instead of the government handicapping the most intelligent people to make them seem less intelligent, society is becoming ever more dominated by a tool that makes less intelligent people appear smarter, while still making society dumber overall.
AI represents a different mechanism and means, but it achieves the same basic societal effect: intellectual and artistic stagnation and decay.
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