Why Reading Is Your Analog Superpower in the Age of Ai?
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The article argues that reading is an 'analog superpower' in the age of AI, but the discussion raises questions about the nature of text as a symbolic code and the implications for categorization and analytic thinking.
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The idea anyone would label text as analog says quite a bit at how low categorization and analytic thinking has drifted in the comp ‘sci’ age.