AI in Culture and Consciousness Harbingers of the Post-Information Era February 12, 2026 | 31 minutes31 m. (6461 words) Does AI have consciousness? The question opens a path to something more consequential — to the nature of consciousness itself, the cultural consequences of cheap intelligence, and to what actually becomes expensive when thinking becomes a service. #AI #LLM #artificial intelligence #language model #culture #consciousness #interview