The risk of losing our human agency to AI
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By Jon Cheney
Published on May 6, 2026.
The risk of losing our human agency to artificial intelligence is not job loss, but the loss of meaning, the very thing that makes us uniquely human: our agency. This is in an era where artificial intelligence, robotics and advanced neurological integration technologies are eliminating the need for labor in industries that once defined our survival, economic prosperity, and social structure. The author argues that a future where humans are provided for free but not required to create, decide or contribute is not a utopia, but a failure of civilization itself. He founded the General AI Proficiency Institute (GenAIPI), where he believes that AI can remove drudgery, increase abundance and unlock new frontiers of possibility. The future belongs to those who choose to actively engage in human creation, responsibility, human service, and self-service.
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