Abundance or extinction? We can still influence AI’s outcome, but not for long

October 15, 2026 — 2:00pm

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There are two very distinct narratives emerging about artificial intelligence right now, and they’re both getting more extreme.

You don’t need to be tuned into the debate to notice these two letters are appearing everywhere. AI is mentioned daily in the news, it’s brought up in work meetings, it appears in government policies and there’s barely a work conference where the topic if not discussed on and off stage.

What you think about the topic depends on which of the two extreme narratives you’re more likely to believe.

At one end of the scale is the positive vision where the broad adoption of AI and robotics is on its way to creating a revolutionary new world. In this telling, goods and services will be dramatically cheaper, everyone will have access to high-quality healthcare and there will be little need to slave........

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