The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Culture (aphyr.com) AI

The article argues that today’s “AI” systems are better understood as cultural artifacts than as human-like agents, and that society lacks the myths and scripts needed to interpret them responsibly. It explores how LLMs could reshape media and information transmission (moving from static books to interactive, model-mediated experiences), and how they may influence sexuality through new kinds of porn, body-image pressures, and emerging erotic subcultures. The author also warns that major model providers could gain outsized power over public expression, echoing how other platforms’ policies have constrained certain communities.