We tend to think that every major technology changes what we can do.
This book begins with a different possibility. Perhaps every major technology also changes what we no longer need to become.
From maps and writing to calculators, search engines, and artificial intelligence, every tool has relieved us of some intellectual burden. Most of those changes have made life richer, safer, and more productive. Yet every act of delegation carries a quieter consequence. When a task disappears, the kind of person that task once helped form may begin to disappear with it.
The Great Surrender is not a book about whether artificial intelligence is good or bad. It is an exploration of a much older question: what happens to human beings when thinking itself gradually becomes optional.
Moving through philosophy, history, language, education, and technology, Jesús Solís argues that the most important transformations of our time are not taking place inside machines but within ourselves. Artificial intelligence is not presented as an isolated invention, but as the latest chapter in humanity's long habit of transferring its abilities to its own creations.
The result is neither a warning against technology nor a celebration of it. It is an invitation to reconsider the hidden value of the intellectual efforts we have always assumed were merely practical. Reading, writing, remembering, calculating, searching, and even struggling with uncertainty may have shaped us in ways that become visible only when we no longer need them.
For readers of Yuval Noah Harari, Neil Postman, Marshall McLuhan, Matthew Crawford, and Nicholas Carr, The Great Surrender offers a philosophical reflection on the future of human thought in the age of artificial intelligence.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. We tend to think that every major technology changes what we can do.This book begins with a different possibility. Perhaps every major technology also changes what we no longer need to become.From maps and writing to calculators, search engines, and artificial intelligence, every tool has relieved us of some intellectual burden. Most of those changes have made life richer, safer, and more productive. Yet every act of delegation carries a quieter consequence. When a task disappears, the kind of person that task once helped form may begin to disappear with it.The Great Surrender is not a book about whether artificial intelligence is good or bad. It is an exploration of a much older question: what happens to human beings when thinking itself gradually becomes optional.Moving through philosophy, history, language, education, and technology, Jesus Solis argues that the most important transformations of our time are not taking place inside machines but within ourselves. Artificial intelligence is not presented as an isolated invention, but as the latest chapter in humanity's long habit of transferring its abilities to its own creations.The result is neither a warning against technology nor a celebration of it. It is an invitation to reconsider the hidden value of the intellectual efforts we have always assumed were merely practical. Reading, writing, remembering, calculating, searching, and even struggling with uncertainty may have shaped us in ways that become visible only when we no longer need them.For readers of Yuval Noah Harari, Neil Postman, Marshall McLuhan, Matthew Crawford, and Nicholas Carr, The Great Surrender offers a philosophical reflection on the future of human thought in the age of artificial intelligence. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798186455592
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