We live in curious times. Scientists who dedicate their lives to developing AI are dismissed as “agents of control.” Engineers who build 5G networks are branded as villains. Yet someone selling homemade balms on Facebook suddenly becomes a trusted authority on geopolitics, technology and even the Antichrist.
This paradox is not accidental. Fear is the cheapest product in history and one of the most profitable. It requires no evidence, no expertise — only imagination. Once fear is packaged as “hidden knowledge,” it spreads faster than any scientific paper ever could.
The danger is not artificial intelligence itself, but artificial authority — people who replace facts with fantasy and call it “truth.” Every age has its prophets of doom. Today they don’t shout from pulpits — they post from wellness pages.
Before fearing the machines, we should fear how easily humans choose superstition over reason. Because ignorance, once commercialized, is far more viral than any algorithm.