Prompt thinking : a critique of generative reason / Jianwei Xun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xun, Jianwei, author.

Colamedici, Andrea, author.

Series:

Theory redux

Theory redux series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inquiry (Theory of knowledge).

Critical thinking.

Generative artificial intelligence.

Reasoning.

Thought and thinking.

thinking.

Physical Description:

vii, 149 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity Press Ltd., 2026.

Summary:

"Prompt Thinking explores how artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the nature of thought. In the age of generative AI, prompting becomes more than a technical instruction: it emerges as a philosophical practice. This book arises from an experiment with AI in which the fictional philosopher Jianwei Xun sparked global debate by publishing a book about power and perception in the digital age. That book, Hypnocracy: Trump, Musk, and the New Architecture of Reality, was written with the assistance of AI. Rather than casting AI as either savior or threat, Prompt Thinking proposes a third way: conscious dialogue with artificial intelligence as a means to expand critical awareness. The book shows how critical philosophical engagement with AI can produce unexpected insights while preserving intellectual autonomy. Part theoretical framework, part methodological provocation, Prompt Thinking offers tools for navigating cognitive transformation. It proposes an ethics of the threshold, neither rejecting technological change nor surrendering to it."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Fragments on Machines

Inhabiting the Threshold: From the Hypnocracy Experiment to Generative Reason

Foundations of Prompt Thinking

ChatGPT, the Dying Animal

DeepSeek and Karl Marx

Claude, Inhabiting the Generative Dialogue

Conclusion: The Ethics of the Threshold.

Notes:

"Jianwei Xun is a hybrid philosophical entity created through the collaboration of human and artificial intelligence."--Back cover.

"Text set in Adobe Garamond represents material written by Andrea Colamedici, and includes content developed through a mode of philosophical exchange with generative systems. In these cases, AI served not as a writer, but as a catalyst in the thinking process. Text set in Myriad represents verbatim outputs generated by AI models (such as ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek) in response to specific prompts."--Author's note, pages vi-vii.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781509573882

1509573887

9781509573899

1509573895

OCLC:

1582437363

Publisher Number:

CIPO000358683