Science fiction movies have conditioned people to fear AI takeover as a robot rebellion (like the Terminator), but AIs are far more likely to take over from within human bureaucracies because the human world is a labyrinth of multiple bureaucracies that humans feel alienated by, whereas AIs are bureaucratic natives for whom bureaucracy is oxygen.
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Yuval Noah HarariEvidence Quote
“They don't need to rebel. The human world is a latis work of multiple bureaucracies. Most of us are to some extent alienated by these bureaucracies even though we rely on them. But the AIs in contrast to us are bureaucratic natives. They love bureaucracy. Whereas we feel suffocated often by bureaucracy. For AIs bureaucracy is oxygen.”
Created: 7/7/2026, 4:14:44 AM
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