The Evolution of Knowledge Transfer: From Cave Paintings to AI Systems

The article traces knowledge transfer from cave paintings to AI. Key stages: cave paintings (subjective), writing (objective but siloed), printing press (mass distribution), web (global access), search engines (relevance), and AI (personalized answers). Each revolution reduced knowledge rediscovery time, but tacit knowledge remains hard to convey. The pace of change has accelerated from hundreds of thousands of years to months.