AI and the Death of the Concept of Humanity

I doubt AI is an existential threat to humanity’s survival, but it is killing our collective soul.

AI is like all the plastics we’ve made. Those bits of pollution are already out there, even if we stopped production of new ones today. If AI generation stopped, there are millions of images, sentences, media reviews, and even academic articles already out there–like a stain on our existence. Even if the internet itself ended, there are thousands of real-life products that have been designed, influenced, or sold by AI. The cancer has spread beyond the internet where it was born.

It was no surprise that corporations were immediately buying into the AI hype. They don’t want to pay artists, writers, and other creators, but they know we need artistic “content” to “consume.” They want our bodies for manual labor or middle management. The only job seemingly safe from AI is CEO, but replacing the cold, heartless, out-of-touch decision maker might actually make the most sense.

Humanity, more than anything else, has been defined by the art it has produced through the ages. Now AI is here to help…