Who’s Adapting to Whom? Lewis Mumford’s Warning for Technics.

Update: 2025-02-03

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We explore Lewis Mumford’s concept of ‘technics’ to answer an essential question in AI: are we creating technologies that adapt to serve human needs, or are we increasingly adapting ourselves to serve theirs?

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Who’s Adapting to Whom? Lewis Mumford’s Warning for Technics.