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Where’s AI headed? Media theorists from 60 years ago give us some clues from the TV revolution

AI isn't a tool, it's the next media trap, primed to monetise what life hasn't yet surrendered and McLuhan and Debord saw it coming.

Where’s AI headed? Media theorists from 60 years ago give us some clues from the TV revolution

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AI isn't a tool, it's the next media trap, primed to monetise what life hasn't yet surrendered and McLuhan and Debord saw it coming.

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AI isn't a tool, it's the next media trap, primed to monetise what life hasn't yet surrendered and McLuhan and Debord saw it coming.

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