patrick on ai ness
patrick tanguay on ai ness
via jon husband fb share july 5 2026:
Thinking about the long-term pervasive effects of regular widespread use of AI, and notably agentic AI.
Via Sentiers, Patrick Tanguay
<< He then looks, in a couple of ways, at AI understood by analogy to the unconscious. In one, agentic *AI builds a layer of activity in the world that operates apart from human judgement—a point he borrows from **Erik Hoel, who warns that it moves the operations of civilisation out from under the supervision of consciousness.
*this is .. to me.. what we actually need ai/tech/whatever for.. the thing we can’t seem to do ie: let go of judge\ment ness.. of any form of m\a\p ness.. aka: tech w/o judgment via nonjudgmental expo labeling
**again.. to me.. this is what we need.. since none of us are legit us (wilde not-us law; black science of people/whales law; et al).. we need a legit global detox leap to get back to us
In the other, more speculative angle, Sacasas turns to Marshall McLuhan’s account of electric media as an extension of the nervous system and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s idea of a collective noosphere. Both lead to Gregory Ulmer’s description of the *internet as a “prosthesis of our collective unconscious,” which he thought might let us examine our own cultural formation.
*actually.. what we need is for the tech w/o judgment ness to help us listen to our own itch-in-the-soul.. aka: what’s already on each heart.. but currently (and since forever) .. covered/missing/scrambled et al..
so.. to me.. need 1st/most: means (nonjudgmental expo labeling) to undo hierarchical listening – so we can hear what’s already on each heart as global detox in order to org around legit needs
Sacasas argues chatbots do the opposite, they smooth over that tangle with confident, soothing answers and function less like a guide to self-knowledge than like an anti-therapist. He closes by wondering whether some of the anxiety and instability running through public life now traces back to that retreat of consciousness, as an *artificial unconscious reasserts itself beneath our collective existence.
*again.. to me.. this has happened since forever.. since garden-enough ness.. ever since we started perpetuating any form of m\a\p
and since then (since forever).. nothing to date has gotten to the root of problem
legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do
how we gather in a space is huge.. need to try spaces of permission where people have nothing to prove to facil curiosity over decision making.. because the finite set of choices of decision making is unmooring us.. keeping us from us..
ie: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)
the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]
there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance..
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
otherwise we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..
via sentiers site [https://sentiers.media/author/patrick/]:
Patrick Tanguay
Autodidact. Generalist. Synthesist. Curator of the weekly Sentiers, a newsletter to understand the world and imagine better futures.
Montreal
via google’s ai overview of ‘sentiers, patrick tanuay’:
Sentiers is an eclectic weekly newsletter and media project curated by Patrick Tanguay. Designed for generalists and inquisitive thinkers, it acts as a “futures thinking observatory,” exploring how technology, society, and culture intersect while highlighting early signals of change to help imagine better futures.
imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)
the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]
there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance.. for (blank)’s sake..
Tanguay—a self-described autodidact, synthesist, and former Alpine Review co-editor—fills Sentiers with thoughtfully commented links and essays spanning complex ideas.
Key themes frequently covered in Sentiers include:
- Technology & Society: How AI and emerging tech influence human behavior, cities, and digital networks.
again.. what we need tech for is a means to undo our hierarchical listening.. as global detox.. for that we need unconditionality.. aka: tech w/o judgment
- Signals of Change: Identifying shifting global paradigms before they hit the mainstream.
to me.. this is a cancerous distraction that we keep perpetuating.. we need to try/see something legit diff.. something we can’t know/see/id before.. aka: something that is already on each heart
we need a problem deep enough to resonate w/8b today.. via a mechanism simple enough to be accessible/usable to 8b today.. in an ecosystem open enough to set/keep 8b legit free
ie: org around a problem deep enough (aka: org around legit needs) to resonate w/8b today.. via a mechanism simple enough (aka: tech as it could be) to be accessible/usable to 8b today.. and an ecosystem open enough (aka: sans any form of m\a\p) to set/keep 8b legit free
- Futurism: Challenging conventional models and exploring prospective futures in an increasingly complex world.
findings from on the ground ness:
1\ undisturbed ecosystem (common\ing) can happen
2\ if we create a way to facil the seeming chaos of 8b legit free people
warning ness et al
few hours later jon posts:
As a follow-up to the last post, more from the same essay in the Sentiers newsletter
Will AI deepen the ‘cog-in-the-machine’ fog of our lives and the ambient anxiety that comes with that sense ?
<< I tend to assume that a large portion of society has some level of anxiety about the world. Some know, in the sense that the information has made its way to their brain, but ignore it as a self-preservation mechanism. Some just don’t have the processing or attention power left, after dealing with their lives.
to me.. rather.. all don’t have it.. ie: maté not yet scrambled law et al; imagine a turtle et al; almaas holes law et al..
We often say that most of us—in the global north at least—don’t think about things and take them for granted. For example, a piece of meat in the grocery store does not represent an animal, just an ingredient. Electricity and water are “just there.”
again.. why what we need 1st/most: means to undo our hierarchical listening to self/others/nature as global detox/re\set.. so we can org around legit needs
I’m left wondering if instead of “we just don’t think about things” as if it’s because we don’t have the time, it’s instead that we don’t think about them because we don’t understand them anymore.
yeah.. that.. since forever..
but too.. graeber can’t know law; understand ability ness et al;.. if the thing is alive.. aka: organism as fractal et al..
we created cope\ing ness et al.. because hari present in society law et al..
Everything is part of a large system, every system is entangled with others, and many of which are purposefully obfuscated. Beyond that reflection in terms of agency and taking actions in our collective best interests instead of just going along, I’m wondering if this anxiety, this dread, comes from all this obfuscation.
thurman interconnectedness law: when you understand interconnectedness it makes you more afraid of hating than of dying – Robert Thurman
mufleh humanity law: we have seen advances in every aspect of our lives except our humanity– Luma Mufleh
again.. nothing to date has gotten to the root of problem.. because we haven’t yet let go enough to get as deep as all ness
That we are not, or not only, ignoring things because we are habituated, but also because they are largely beyond our understanding.
and will always be.. but .. to me.. we can detox enough to get our ‘listening‘ ness back
The insertion of an ordinary language interface between ourselves and the digitized collective unconscious makes it more obscure and inscrutable to us. <<
language as control/enclosure.. and why we need to try self-talk as data via idiosyncratic jargon and non hierarchical listening et al
legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do
almost added this bit on sync earlier.. but didn’t.. then a little later same day jon posts:
Synchronicity is an amazing thing when it strikes.Especially when a brief rest at the end of the pool between sets turns into a 15-minute conversation and an ongoing connection.
I love it when that happens.
to me.. that sync ness.. is what this is all about.. since none of us are free if one of us is chained.. and what the world needs most is the the energy of 8b alive people
humanity needs a leap.. to get back/to simultaneous spontaneity .. simultaneous fittingness.. everyone in sync.. the dance
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