The Unseen Engine: How Generative AI Powers Modern Life - Part 3  In today’s polarized conversations around AI, we often hear from four main groups: those who support AI, those who oppose it entirely, those specifically against generative AI, and those who simply don’t care. Among those critical of generative AI, we increasingly see a push to narrow its definition—focusing primarily on its use in creative writing and visual art. But this narrowing overlooks how deeply embedded generative systems already are in the infrastructure of modern life: from medicine and climate science to everyday digital communication. This leads to an essential question: Are people truly anti-generative AI—or are they responding to deeper concerns about authorship, ethics, and the invisible integration of AI into systems of power and creativity? By directing attention at specific outputs that affect different groups in emotionally charged ways, are we losing the broader narrative—and in doing so, mi...

The Unseen Engine: How Generative AI Powers Modern Life - Part 2 In today’s polarized conversations around AI, we often hear from four main groups: those who support AI, those who oppose it entirely, those specifically against generative AI, and those who simply don’t care. Among those critical of generative AI, we increasingly see a push to narrow its definition—focusing primarily on its use in creative writing and visual art. But this narrowing overlooks how deeply embedded generative systems already are in the infrastructure of modern life: from medicine and climate science to everyday digital communication. This leads to an essential question: Are people truly anti-generative AI—or are they responding to deeper concerns about authorship, ethics, and the invisible integration of AI into systems of power and creativity? By directing attention at specific outputs that affect different groups in emotionally charged ways, are we losing the broader narrative—and in doing so, missing th...

The Unseen Engine: How Generative AI Powers Modern Life - Part 1  In today’s polarized conversations around AI, we often hear from four main groups: those who support AI, those who oppose it entirely, those specifically against generative AI, and those who simply don’t care. Among those critical of generative AI, we increasingly see a push to narrow its definition—focusing primarily on its use in creative writing and visual art. But this narrowing overlooks how deeply embedded generative systems already are in the infrastructure of modern life: from medicine and climate science to everyday digital communication. This leads to an essential question: Are people truly anti-generative AI—or are they responding to deeper concerns about authorship, ethics, and the invisible integration of AI into systems of power and creativity? By directing attention at specific outputs that affect different groups in emotionally charged ways, are we losing the broader narrative—and in doing so, mi...