एआई का भ्रम, पूँजी का शोर और अदृश्य दुनिया की सच्चाई
This editorial critically evaluates the socio-economic repercussions of diplomatic strategies, arguing that foreign policy outcomes directly influence the domestic stability and welfare of the populace.
यह लेख हमारे समय के दो प्रमुख बौद्धिक भ्रमों की पड़ताल करता है—पहला, कि आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस (AI) सर्वज्ञ है; और दूसरा, कि मीडिया में प्रस्तुत दृश्य ही पूर्ण यथार्थ है। लेख तर्क देता है कि एआई केवल उसी ज्ञान तक सीमित है जो डिजिटल रूप में दर्ज है, जबकि समाज का बड़ा हिस्सा—लोक परंपराएँ, जमीनी अनुभव और हाशिए के समुदाय—अब भी अदृश्य हैं। इसी तरह, मीडिया और सोशल मीडिया एक चयनित वास्तविकता गढ़ते हैं, जिसमें पूँजी-प्रधान राजनीति और राष्ट्रवादी विमर्श को प्रमुखता मिलती है, जबकि जमीनी आंदोलनों और वैकल्पिक राजनीति को हाशिए पर रखा जाता है। लेख इस निष्कर्ष पर पहुँचता है कि केवल दृश्य सत्ता को यथार्थ मान लेना बौद्धिक आत्मसमर्पण है, और भविष्य की वास्तविक राजनीति उन्हीं अदृश्य धाराओं से जन्म लेती है जिन्हें अभी नजरअंदाज किया जा रहा है।
We are living in a time when two powerful illusions dominate our intellectual life. First—that Artificial Intelligence (AI) knows everything. Second—that whatever appears in the media is the ultimate truth of the world.
These assumptions are not merely technical or informational; they shape how we think, understand, and perceive reality itself. A belief has been steadily constructed around AI—that it provides the final answer to every question. The reason seems obvious: its access to vast amounts of data available on the internet. It can answer questions we may not even think to ask. Gradually, this creates the illusion that the scope of knowledge is limited to what exists in digital form.
But herein lies a serious problem. The internet does not represent the entirety of the world.
A large part of human reality—memories of villages, folk knowledge, untold stories of labor, oral traditions, the lifeworlds of indigenous communities, and those who remain outside the digital framework—is still absent from this “data universe.” Therefore, AI’s knowledge is essentially confined to the “digitally recorded world.”
What is not recorded becomes almost invisible—and slowly, it begins to disappear from our consciousness as well.
Media and the Construction of Reality
This issue is not limited to technology; the same structure is visible in media and politics today.
Mainstream media and social media construct reality in a particular way. Certain selected events are presented as if they represent the whole world. In India, this tendency is even more pronounced—phrases like “the nation wants to know” or “India is asking” manufacture an artificial national consciousness, while in reality, a large section of the population remains completely unaware of these discourses.
The media repeatedly asserts that nationalism is at its peak. Yet at the same time, across different parts of the country, farmers’ movements, labor struggles, local autonomy efforts, and questions of social justice are equally present and intense.
While North India is often portrayed through images of religious nationalism, several states in South India are creating new models of public welfare, education, healthcare, and social development.
Politics Beyond Capital Narratives
Similarly, it is widely believed that contemporary politics is entirely controlled by capital—that the nexus of power, market, and corporations determines everything. This is partially true. The influence of money in elections has grown, and political images are carefully manufactured on a large scale. But to accept this as the complete truth is to see only half of reality.
Because alongside this, another form of politics exists—politics of local movements, grassroots leadership, community organization, and experiments in alternative economies.
In states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, and Mizoram, representatives have emerged whose strength lies not in capital but in social participation. Bihar too offers examples of individuals with extremely modest lives rising from among the people to become public representatives. Yet such stories rarely find space in mainstream media, because they do not fit the “narrative” shaped by TRPs and algorithms.
Conclusion: Seeing the Invisible
This leads us to a crucial question: Are we beginning to believe only what is repeatedly shown to us?
History suggests otherwise. Every power that appears at its peak has already begun the process of becoming history. And what exists in the background—slow, quiet, and invisible—eventually moves to the center.
Therefore, to accept only visible power as reality is, in essence, an act of intellectual surrender.
What we need today is not merely to accumulate more information, but to develop the capacity to see the invisible. Because the future of politics, society, and ideas emerges from those spaces where light has not yet reached.
Dr. R. Achal
Editor-in-Chief, Eastern Scientist
Multidisciplinary scholar focusing on socio-economic transitions and geopolitical shifts in the Eastern hemisphere.
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-8240-2689
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