The Threat of Artificial Intelligence

AI is not just another technological leap – it could be the moment when machines begin to surpass the human talents that built our world. In 1999, I had the privilege of working for one of the first companies to develop a product that enabled video streaming over the then-nascent internet. Broadband access was still several years…
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“The technological singularity is a theoretical scenario in which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, culminating in profound and unpredictable changes to human civilization.” – IBM Transhumanists and technocrats Elon Musk and Sam Altman believe that 2026 will be the year in which AI reaches the so-called…
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Roblox is one of the most popular game platforms, with millions of users accessing it every day. Like more and more apps and online networks, the company's latest security measure now requires every user, everywhere, to pass a facial age estimation test before the chat can be used. The policy, enforced through a third-party company…
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Speed is prioritized over critical review: AI-generated models are intended to justify interventions even before they can be meaningfully questioned. The US military is funding artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to drastically accelerate the modelling of viral outbreaks – a process that normally takes weeks, to be…
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AI-powered surveillance is shifting from hunting for suspects to mapping everyday life, changing everyday mobility into a stream of behavioural data. Police forces across the UK are experimenting with artificial intelligence that can automatically monitor and categorize the movements of motorists by using the country's extensive…
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Readers will know that I have had my concerns about the pervasive influence of AI on all aspects of our lives. My main concern relates to these two characteristics of AI in combination: People confuse algorithmic complexity – and the ability to handle large amounts of data – for competence, creativity or even “truth”. Put simply,…
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In his previous writings, Mark Keenan, researcher at Engelhart Commodity Trading Partners (ECTP) exposed the machinery of technocratic control – climate orthodoxy, debt economics, and centralized data governance. But those were only the outer mechanisms. Now the frontier is shifting inward. The question is no longer merely “How will they…
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