Seneca said that the excellence of mind cannot be borrowed or bought. However, that’s exactly what’s being pitched with generative AI. Our modern environment is stripping the very defenses we need to stay robust. In the end, we don’t get wisdom or AGI from turning books into statistics. What we get is manipulation and unintended consequences.

https://perilous.tech/transforming-books-into-statistics-wont-bring-wisdom-or-agi/