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The Age of Superficial Machines

What we build reflects what we value. So far AI has reflected very little. The age of artificial intelligence has arrived not as Ray Kurzweil's predicted spiritual machines, but as marketing gimmicks and extractive tools designed to eliminate human "inefficiency." This isn't a failure of AI technology—it's a failure of imagination in AI development. From the "stochastic parrots" critique to surveillance capitalism, explore why current machine learning prioritizes extraction over empowerment, and discover the emerging vision of Humanist AI that amplifies rather than replaces human creativity and agency in our AI-driven future.

• Ian Tepoot, Founder & Owner, Crafted Logic Lab