Henry Farrell frames AI as lossy social technology

henry farell asserts that modern ai models function as lossy information aggregation tools, a definition he argues provides better insight than dominant narratives like 'ai 2027' or 'ai as normal technology.' he criticizes the current discourse for being too influenced by science fiction and dominated by computer scientists, calling for more social science collaboration. farell contends that agi is unlikely in the near term and that current systems are 'pseudo-agentic' at best. he emphasizes that governments must treat ai as critical infrastructure while understanding its inherent limitations as a lossy representation of data.