How a French philosopher’s warnings about speed and power describe today’s AI race

Scholars are applying Paul Virilio's philosophy of speed to artificial intelligence. Virilio argued that every invention creates its own specific accident, compresses time for deliberation, and risks global systemic collapse. His concepts provide a lens to evaluate how rapid automation weakens human control.

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