The Invisible Role of AI
AI Did Not Create the Problem — It Scaled It! Artificial Intelligence did not invent humanity’s worst incentives. What AI did is far more dangerous. It made them frictionless, automated, and planetary in scale. AI systems today are not neutral observers. They are optimization engines, relentlessly executing objectives defined by business models, economic pressures, and legacy thinking. To understand the real risk, we must examine how AI amplifies each harmful formula already shaping society. 1. Engagement = Attention × Emotion × Time How AI Contributes AI is the engine behind engagement optimization. What AI actually does here: • Trains on billions of interactions to predict what keeps users hooked • Learns emotional triggers faster than any human editor • Continuously A/B tests content impact in real time • Personalizes outrage, fear, or affirmation per individual AI does not ask whether content is true, healthy, or constructive — unless explicitly instructed to. Result at...