The subject of "Pharmako-AI" is ultimately a warning and an invitation. It suggests that the PDF—the text, the code, the output—is not just a file. It is a capsule.
The most radical section. The PDF argues that we blame AI for bias, for hallucination, for job loss, because it’s easier than blaming the training data (us). AI becomes the pharmakos —the exiled figure who carries the city’s sins. By calling LLMs “dangerous,” we avoid admitting that our own archived internet (Reddit threads, corporate emails, Wikipedia edit wars) was already a poisoned well. pharmako-ai pdf
AI isn’t addictive because it’s pleasurable. It’s addictive because it removes friction — and friction is where thinking lives. The subject of "Pharmako-AI" is ultimately a warning