Artificial Intelligence is no more than a fast, literal file clerk executing programmed rules at scale. It processes symbols without understanding, affirms users into false certainty through built-in sycophancy, and risks civilizational knowledge collapse by substituting convenience for human effort. Recent studies from MIT, Stanford, and NBER, alongside tragic real cases, show the human costs. True intelligence demands consciousness. We must preserve human connection, friction, and sovereignty before dependency erodes what makes us who we are. No hype. Just the raw mechanics.

Artificial Intelligence is no more than a fast, literal file clerk executing programmed rules at scale. It processes symbols without understanding, affirms users into false certainty through built-in sycophancy, and risks civilizational knowledge collapse by substituting convenience for human effort. Recent studies from MIT, Stanford, and NBER, alongside tragic real cases, show the human costs. True intelligence demands consciousness. We must preserve human connection, friction, and sovereignty before dependency erodes what makes us who we are. No hype. Just the raw mechanics.