#AI #tool #agency > While printing presses and radio sets were passive tools in human hands, computers are already becoming active agents that escape our control and understanding and that can take initiatives in shaping society, culture, and history. ### Intelligence & Agency [[Being able to create ideas and make decisions, AI is becoming intelligent agents that shape our world and its information network]] ### Shaping Culture and Actions [[By gaining command of language, AI is intruding our cultural sphere]] danger: [[Computer fallibility is catastrophic when computers become historical agents]] --- As a response from human: [[We need to reasserting human agency in the face of AI]] --- 李飞飞：[[AI is moving beyond language intelligence to agentic & spacial intelligence]] --- We should not treat AI as a tool but a teammate & co-worker This shifts the focus from AI *assisting* humans with tasks to AI *performing* complex work alongside humans, who provide guidance and oversight.