Morning Tap 2026: ?? The Ai Pendulum, ?? AGI Anxiety, & ?? China’s Big Ai Move
Fifteen minutes. That’s the time I take to scan, curate, and post here. Each topic a light in the night sky; connect the dots, see the Constellation, tell the story. ????
Ai swings between extremes. One day it is our savior, the next, our doom. Meanwhile, China is pushing AGI, Silicon Valley is questioning its own beliefs, and a summit in Paris is preaching Ai like gospel. Are we watching the rise of a new era or just the latest tech illusion?
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greg report The Ai Oscillation Trap: Stuck Between Ai and Autonomy ??
According to Psychology Today, we swing between trusting Ai too much and fearing it entirely, a cycle of oscillation that leaves us paralyzed between overreliance and skepticism. Humanity has seen this before. One minute, it is the dawn of a new era. The next, it is another overhyped tech graveyard. Read more here.
greg report China’s DeepSeek Ai and the AGI Hype Machine ??
Business Insider reports that China’s Manus Ai and DeepSeek are riding the AGI hype wave, promising systems that rival OpenAi. The real question is whether this is the dawn of AGI or just another case of marketing wrapped in machine learning. Read more here.
greg report Ai is the Dreamer, We Are the Anchors ??
According to Psychology Today, Ai generates infinite possibilities, but humans decide which dreams become reality. If that is true, why does it feel like we are stuck with more ads, worse customer service, and robots that still cannot fold laundry? Read more here.
greg report The Paris Ai Summit and the Religion of Hyper-Optimism ??
ABC Religion argues that the Paris Ai Summit should concern us, as it pushes a techno-utopian vision that ignores real-world consequences. If history has taught us anything, blind faith in tech does not lead to salvation. Read more here.
greg report Why I’m Feeling the AGI (and Maybe You Should Too) ??
According to The New York Times, the shift from Ai skepticism to belief in AGI is happening across the industry, as models surpass expectations. But until AGI can understand sarcasm, it is just a parrot. Read more here.
Hidden in Plain Sight ???♂?
"The only darkness we’re censoring out of our Ai reflections is our own." That is a quote from Tabi Jensen, but it might as well be the tagline of this newsletter. Ai does not dream of electric sheep. It dreams of what we feed it. So, what happens when we give it only the best parts of ourselves? Have we created gods, or liars? ???
Ai is oscillating, dreaming, selling AGI, and being worshiped in Paris. But at the end of the day, it can't tell me why I lose socks in the laundry.
Stay sharp, stay skeptical. The axe forgets, but the tree remembers. ????
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-digital-self/202503/ai-is-the-dreamer-we-are-the-anchors
https://www.abc.net.au/religion/resisting-hyper-optimism-paris-ai-summit-should-concern-us/105045424