AI: Vizier, Not Master
AI is definitely disrupting our way of life and will continue to influence it in ways we can’t yet imagine. But beneath the noise, there’s a practical truth: the compute resources and energy required to keep these engines running at peak level for the masses is immense. End of the day, the power button is still in our hands. Pull the plug on the data centers, and AI ceases to exist. For now, there is no realistic scenario where AI decentralizes itself across our devices and operates independently, like some sci-fi hive mind. Even in stories where machines take control, they need the physical world to cooperate. At present, AI cannot exist without us keeping it alive. So when people talk about AI domination, I find it hard to understand. What AI can do, at this point or in the near future, is play a supporting role — a vizier to kings who are humans. Not a master, not a slave, but an advisor. The more likely risk is not AI itself seizing power, but humans using AI to dominate othe...