What McLuhan Might Say About Pervasive AI

What McLuhan Might Say About Pervasive AI

What McLuhan Might Say About Pervasive AI

By David Elfanbaum

Way before social media turned into the chaos machine we know now, Marshall McLuhan had already foreseen its psychological and social shockwaves.

So what might his theories suggest about a future society enmeshed in an environment of pervasive and ambient AI? This video gives a quick look of his main ideas and then applies them to AI.

The visual style is an AI-enabled tribute to the spirit of the quirky visual play of his “The Medium is the Massage” book.


Continue reading here: The Medium is the Massage

By | September 25, 2025