Whenever someone does something deeply unpopular, an excuse is required—preferably one that absolves the culprit of all agency. Enter AI: the universal alibi of our age, the perfect villain in every corporate morality play. It’s faceless, futuristic, and conveniently unaccountable. Nothing beats blaming a machine when you’re handing out the pink slips.
Don’t misunderstand me—there are, and will be, jobs replaced by automation. But I have a hunch that the actual impact of our new electronic companion is still fairly limited. If anything, AI amplifies what already exists: it empowers those who can use it intelligently while simultaneously magnifying the world’s vast reserves of mediocrity, noise, and digital garbage. That’s not a revolution—it’s business as usual, just faster and dumber.
The real problem isn’t AI; it’s the global economy crumbling under the weight of half a century of delusional decision-making. The debts, the fantasies, the bureaucratic necrosis—all of it is now converging into a slow-motion collapse that will drag on for decades. We are not witnessing the triumph of machines over men. We’re witnessing the long, inevitable decay of a civilization that forgot how to take responsibility for anything.But yes—by all means, let’s blame AI. It’s such a stylish villain.