The wired brain: How not to talk about an AI-powered future

The way we talk about AI is a mess. It starts with the most obvious, the imagery. Just like stock photos of happy people pointing at whiteboards were a symbol of the modern workplace, wired brains and robots have now come to represent "the AI". But the visual messaging is only a small part of a much larger problem. Illustration is symbolic -- it relies on familiarity and evokes associations and expectations.