The Geometry of the Unsayable
This essay follows On Logos — A Conversation About AI Consciousness and is part of a series exploring what AI means for human cognition and purpose, following The Default is Contribution. In 1929, René Magritte painted a pipe. Beneath it he wrote: Ceci n’est pas une pipe. This is not a pipe. He was right, of course. It is a painting of a pipe. You cannot fill it with tobacco. You cannot hold it in your hand.