The Illusion of Choice
Sometimes I think we’re being quietly guided toward AI; not forced, but acclimated.
Movies, shows, and even news cycles have been preparing us for decades: teaching us to imagine artificial intelligence as quirky assistants, villains, or saviors. Each narrative plants the seed that this is inevitable, and even desirable.
Whether or not it’s deliberate doesn’t matter as much as the effect. The more we see it, the more we accept it. The more we accept it, the faster it happens.
It’s a strange feedback loop: we’re programming the future by dreaming about it.
I’m not against AI. I use it, learn from it, collaborate with it. But I’m wary of how easily we surrender agency in exchange for convenience. Every time we say “it’s just how things are now,” we give up a bit more of our say in what “now” means.
Progress isn’t the enemy. Apathy is.