“When we think of technology as a tool that can be used for good as well as evil, we also think that we are in control of why, when, and for what it is used. But this is only partly the case. We may decide to buy a car to drive ourselves to work. And thus we may think of the car as a tool to achieve our goal of getting to work as fast as possible. But we never made the decision that fast is better than slow. It’s an idea that comes with the car. So is the idea that it should be easy and convenient for us to get to work. And that fast, easy and convenient is more important than the exercise and fresh air we get from walking or cycling.

Like all other technologies, the car comes with a promise that we can achieve more by doing less. And like all other technologies, it makes us think that this is what life is and should be about. But to free ourselves from the chains of technology, we must not only ask the questions we are encouraged to ask when faced with a new technology – like ‘how does it work?’, ‘when can I use it?’, and ‘how much easier will it be to do X?’ We must also ask the questions that the essence of technology discourages us from asking – like ‘do I even need technology for this?’, ‘what does this technology prevent me from doing?’, and ‘what will my life be like if I trust this tool to make this process easier?’”

https://pialauritzen.substack.com/p/7-lies-about-ai-the-philosophers