In this era of information explosion, AI is everywhere. The news you see on the Internet every day, the tweets on social media, the recommendations on short video platforms, and even the answers you search for in search engines are almost all screened by AI algorithms.But have you ever wondered if this information is actually true? Do they really represent the truth?
In fact, the world we are exposed to is not an objective and complete world, but a "cognitive cage" carefully woven by capital, algorithms and power. **AI is not only a tool to change productivity, but also a weapon to manipulate thinking, shape ideas and guide social ideology. **Capitalists, governments and technology giants are using AI to create conflicts, divisions and anxiety, making people indulge in meaningless information debates and ignore what is really important——How should we think and how can we gain true freedom?
Everything is designed: How does the "cognitive prison" work?
The thing that capitalist society fears most is that people have the ability to think independently, question authority, and challenge the rule of capital. Therefore, they have carefully designed a mechanism to make it impossible for people to escape the fate of being controlled at the ideological level.
1. AI creates divisions and puts people into endless confrontation
The Internet should be a platform for information sharing, allowing people to access knowledge more freely, but the reality is just the opposite.AI's recommendation algorithms deliberately expose people to extreme, emotional, and opposing viewpoints, causing society to fall into endless division and conflict.
- On social media, AI pushes the most controversial and emotionally charged posts, causing the left and the right to attack each other and making people from different cultural backgrounds hate each other.
- The news you search for on search engines is filtered based on your preferences. You will only see content that makes you "angrier" or "more agreeable", and you will never be exposed to the truly comprehensive facts.
- Various political, economic, and social issues are precisely controlled by AI, which uses division and conflict to create traffic and make people addicted to endless debates instead of thinking about how to change the status quo.
Instead of helping people understand the world, AI has made it more confusing.
2. What you think is information freedom is actually a manipulated cognitive game
Many people think that in the Internet age, everyone can freely access information, can read any content, and make their own judgments. But the reality is,The information you can see has already been filtered by AI and capital, and your cognition is locked in a "false freedom."
- Information Cocoon：AI pushes you the content you "want to see" instead of the content you "need to see" based on your interests, behaviors, and social circles. You think you understand the world, but in fact you are just living in an illusion created by the algorithm.
- Capital-led control of public opinion: Those truly subversive and awakening ideas are often marginalized and labeled as "conspiracy theories" and "unreliable", while voices that are in line with the interests of capital are amplified and spread.
- Deleting posts, blocking, and algorithmic demotion: If a viewpoint does not conform to the interests of capital or the regime, it will be hidden, downgraded, or even deleted directly. However, content that incites emotions and creates anxiety can quickly become a hot topic.
This means that the information we obtain is not complete, but is selectively displayed by capital and technology.
3. You think you are thinking, but you are just passively accepting
Have you noticed that it is becoming increasingly difficult for people to think deeply? The popularity of short videos, fragmented news, and AI writing tools has made people's thinking more and more superficial, and they are increasingly dependent on quickly acquired information, rather than willing to think deeply on their own.
- AI helps you summarize articles, but you are too lazy to read the original text yourself
- Short videos make you accustomed to reaching a conclusion in just a dozen seconds, and no longer willing to conduct in-depth analysis
- Likes and comments on social media make you focus more on social approval than on the facts themselves
All of this has caused human thinking ability to degenerate, and capitalists are taking advantage of this degeneration to make people easier to manipulate.
AI does not make humans smarter, but instead makes them more likely to become "machines that passively receive information."
How to break the cognitive cage created by AI?
AI has penetrated into every aspect of our lives, but that doesn’t mean we can’t fight it. To escape the cognitive trap created by AI and capital, we must actively challenge our own thinking patterns.
1. Question everything and don’t blindly believe the information on the Internet
- Don't believe any news or opinion easily. Even if it conforms to your values, you should verify its authenticity.
- Try to read reports from different perspectives, rather than just looking at sources that match your own preferences.
- Ask yourself:What is the real purpose behind this article? Who is it serving? Is it trying to lead me to a certain emotion rather than actually thinking?
2. Actively acquire information, rather than passively accept it
- Don’t rely on AI recommendations, try to actively search for information and read materials from different sources instead of just looking at the "trending" topics on social media.
- Go deep, not just scratch the surface, learn to analyze the cause and effect of an event, rather than just focusing on a news headline or a short video conclusion.
3. Train your thinking ability and get rid of the influence of fragmented information
- CultivationThe habit of deep reading, don’t just watch short videos and social media posts, read real books, academic papers, and in-depth analytical articles.
- practiseIndependent thinkingDon’t easily accept the “facts” others tell you, but reason and verify them yourself.
- Communicate more with people with different opinions, instead of just staying in the same information circle with people who have similar opinions as you.
4. Focus on core issues that truly impact society
- Don’t be confused by the “hot news” created by AI, think about itWho is controlling these conversations and what are the real issues?
- focus onEconomic inequality, capital monopoly, and social structure issues, rather than those deliberately fabricated entertainment news, celebrity gossip, and meaningless online debates.
Conclusion: Do you want to be a thinker or a “data slave” controlled by AI?
The progress of AI is not scary, what is scary is that it has become a tool for capital to control society and manipulate human thinking. The most dangerous thing is that we ourselves are not aware of this, and even actively accept the illusions created by AI, indulge in the designed information world, and lose the ability to question and think.
You can choose to continue to believe everything recommended by AI and continue to live safely in the dream woven by capital; or you can choose to wake up, question, explore, break this cognitive cage, and truly control your own thoughts.
Technology should not be a tool to control us, but a tool to help us think better. But the premise is that we must first learn to think independently, rather than letting AI think for us.
True freedom does not lie in technology, but in whether you have the courage to question.
The future of the world is determined by our thoughts and actions.
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💡 Look at yourself and the world with an awakened eye!
💖 Use actions of love to encourage more people to awaken!
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