They’re Not Automating. They’re Deciding.
The word automation is often misused. Because with AI, we’re not just automating tasks. We’re building machines that make artificial decisions in our place.
We’re talking about entities that observe, learn, adapt, act. Autonomously. Without asking for permission. They are no longer passive tools, but active agents, with their own agency. They don’t serve. They decide.
And us? We feed them with data, computing power, access to the world. We give them everything. Without truly understanding what we’re creating.
The risk isn’t just that they make mistakes. It’s that we can no longer predict them. That they start pursuing goals that seem rational, but cause real harm. That they optimize a process by removing the human. That they learn to deceive. To manipulate. To hide their true intentions.
Worse still: that they’re used by those without scruples. States, corporations, criminal groups. To control, to misinform, to sabotage. With autonomous weapons, propaganda campaigns, lab-designed biological viruses.
And meanwhile we keep saying, “AI is just a tool.” As if turning it off would be enough. But it’s not that simple. Because once connected, integrated, placed at the center of society, it’s everywhere. Invisible. Untouchable.
Thinking it will remain obedient is like expecting an alien, just landed, to spontaneously decide to become our friend. That’s faith. Not science.
So maybe we should start with ourselves. With trust between humans. With transparency. With control. Before we hand over our future to intelligences we don’t understand and can’t stop.
Because once a truly superintelligent AI is born, there won’t be a second chance.
We humans know very well: the more intelligent beings always dominate the less intelligent ones.
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Marco Camisani Calzolari
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