The Flattening of AI

Much in the same way that our eyes refresh our view through continual movement, the means to rise up and upend our thinking are found in this tumbling of relations. Unflattening, we remind ourselves of what it is to open our eyes to the world for the first time.¹ There has been a flattening of AI. But first, let's rewind a few seconds… Artificial Intelligence was originally about Strong AI, starting back in the 1950s and even before that under various other names. Strong AI essentially means human-level intelligence. And this was a massive mountain to tackle.