Attention is all you need
A report from the future on AI, attention, and the maintenance of civilization
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An essay-style report imagining a near future where AI permeates social life and attention shapes civilization. It explores how AI accelerates society, how people form emotional relationships with models, and how libraries and long-term thinking help preserve meaningful knowledge.
- Describes a funeral-turned-resurrection for a deprecated AI model
- Argues AI speeds up all societal pace layers simultaneously
- Connects libraries and the Manual For Civilization to preserving worlds
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