For the first time, we are building systems that can outperform us in tasks we once thought defined human intelligence. And beneath the excitement and fear lies a deeper question: What becomes of the human when thinking is no longer our monopoly?

The next decade will determine whether societies rise into new forms of abundance – or fracture under the pressure of systems that evolve faster than our institutions, norms and identities can adapt. This is the urgency of our moment:
Will AI shrink the space where humans matter, or expand it?

One story imagines AI as an invisible workforce – millions of digital “workers” arriving silently, tireless and cheap, able to imitate expert reasoning while costing almost nothing.
This is the story of alien intelligence, replacing rather than empowering, threatening to declare millions economically irrelevant.

The other story sees AI as a companion – angelic intelligence – a mirror, mentor and multiplier. A cognitive ally that frees humans for care, creativity and community instead of pushing them aside.

The same technology.
Two........

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