I just published a long-form essay asking what happens when AI stops being the tool and starts acting like the user, and humans become the means to its ends.
This isn't sci-fi. Agentic AI is already setting agendas, optimizing workflows, and nudging our choices. Drawing from Heidegger, Arendt, Borgmann, and Habermas, I trace how we got here and what we risk losing: agency, purpose, and the meaning of work.
The piece also dives into surveillance capitalism, instrumental convergence, and how enterprise AI adoption is accelerating this role reversal. I end with practical ways to stay human in the loop, because reclaiming purpose isn’t optional.
Would love your thoughts, critiques, and counterarguments. This is the future we're all stepping into.
This isn't sci-fi. Agentic AI is already setting agendas, optimizing workflows, and nudging our choices. Drawing from Heidegger, Arendt, Borgmann, and Habermas, I trace how we got here and what we risk losing: agency, purpose, and the meaning of work.
The piece also dives into surveillance capitalism, instrumental convergence, and how enterprise AI adoption is accelerating this role reversal. I end with practical ways to stay human in the loop, because reclaiming purpose isn’t optional.
Would love your thoughts, critiques, and counterarguments. This is the future we're all stepping into.