The Future of Artificial Intelligence Is a Choice, Not an Inevitability
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| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:50:00 -0400 |
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The Future of Artificial Intelligence Is a Choice, Not an Inevitability Jeff Dornik | 11:50 PM on July 27, 2026 AP Photo/Matt O'Brien, File I have developed something of a reputation as the “anti-AI guy,” primarily because I refuse to join the technological priesthood in singing hymns to artificial intelligence while a handful of billionaires quietly purchase the printing press, the library, the factory, the surveillance camera, the public square, and eventually the human brain. In this new AI-dominated era, even simply asking who controls the machinery is considered an impolite interruption during the worship service.
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