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A printed anthology of essays that cut through the hype and the panic so you can form your own point of view.
ΦAIAnthologyAI, Meaningfully.
A book for people who need to think clearly about AI.
AI is moving faster than our shared ability to interpret it. Most writing about it tries to do one of two things: convince you everything is fine, or convince you we're doomed. We didn't want either.
This printed anthology aim to offer our readers a pause button. We present a curated collection of essays from the ΦAI (Pron. Phi and AI) collective, created to invite you to sit longer with ideas that matter. The essays deal with what AI does to us, not what AI does in general and explore the questions that stayed with us in 2025, the year AI settled into our lives.
Our promise is simple: if you read this, you should think more broadly—and maybe clearly—about AI than when you started.
That's the bar.
24 multidisciplinary essays across 6 thematic clusters
The connective tissue is our multidisciplinary stance.
We draw from philosophy, anthropology, economics, sociology, and political theory, and bring them into conversation with technology in ways that are still rare.
You'll read about:
Topic 1
Exploring foundational questions
Topic 2
Understanding implications
Topic 3
Examining perspectives
Topic 4
Considering futures
Topic 5
Questioning assumptions
Topic 6
Reflecting on change
Why a printed anthology?
Honestly? Because we love beautiful books.
We (Mishka and Karin) love books. We wanted something we could gift to people we care about, and keep on our shelves when we're older.
Beyond that, reading on paper is simply different. No notifications. No feed. No algorithm quietly steering your attention away mid-sentence. We think some ideas need friction and the pages help you ruminate.
This book is an invitation to read without interference and ruminate while at it.
About ΦAI
ΦAI is an online magazine at the intersection of the humanities and technology, run as a writers' collective. We examine the ethical, social, and existential questions raised by AI's rapid development, with clarity, integrity, and care.
Our tagline is also our ethic:
AI, Meaningfully.
Our Editorial Commitments
Interdisciplinary thinking beats isolated ideas
Long-term perspective beats hot reactions
Clarity beats cleverness
No alarmism. No tutorials. No hype.
Frequently Asked
[Month Year]. If anything changes, we'll tell you.
Yes. If you change your mind before shipping, we'll refund the pre-order. No refunds after printing.
Yes and no. All essays are available on our Substack, but not in this curated, edited, and illustrated form.
If you're looking for tool tutorials, prompt packs, or daily model-release commentary, this isn't that.
Yes. Email [your email] for bulk options.