The Point of No Return: How AI Slipped From Magic Trick to Invisible Power and Nobody Really Voted on It
The Point of No Return: How AI Slipped From Magic Trick to Invisible Power and Nobody Really Voted on It I realized something was off when I stopped caring which ad came next and started caring who was training whom behind the scenes. That’s a weird sentence to write, and an even weirder thought to have during what should’ve been a normal scroll through AI news. But that’s where we are now: AI isn’t just doing things anymore, it’s negotiating space, monetizing attention, simulating worlds, and quietly deciding what kind of future feels normal. This story feels important right now because none of it arrived with a countdown clock or a warning label; it just slid into place while we were busy arguing about features and pricing. Outline Chapter 1: When Video Got Too Good, Too Fast Chapter 2: Ads Inside Chatbots and the Price of “Free” Chapter 3: Training the World Instead of Visiting It Chapter 4: Automation That Feels Helpful Until It Doesn’t Chapter 5: Big Tech Power, Global S...
