Erik J. Larson thinks about “Mindless: The Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” which traces Robert Skidelsky’s philosophical reckoning with AI, automation, and the illusion of progress.Mindless: The Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Robert Skidelsky. Other Press, 2024. 384 pages.BEGINNING IN THE 1960s, a generation of visionary engineers and theorists began sketching a new future—one organized not by hierarchies or institutions, but by networks. The eme...