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Marc Cianciolo

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The Fog and the Clearing: HooMan / Ai — An Orange Paper

Marc Cianciolo's independently published paperback The Fog and the Clearing: HooMan / Ai — An Orange Paper is a concise, essay-style work that engages with the relationship between human identity and artificial intelligence, framed through the dual lens suggested by its subtitle.

Reviewed Apr 5, 2026

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