a tetrad of LLMs

and meditations on their impact on art and consciousness

Marshall McLuhan's tetrad (or tetrad of media effects) is a theoretical framework for analyzing the effects of any technology or medium.

The four key aspects are as follows:

1. Enhancement - What does the medium amplify or enhance?

2. Obsolescence - What does it push aside or make obsolete?

3. Retrieval - What does it bring back or retrieve from the past?

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