“The Age of De-Skilling” is the first essay I’ve seen that refuses the easy “robots-make-us-dumb” panic. Instead it asks which kinds of forgetting we can live with—and which ones eat the soul. Highly recommended for anyone who teaches, writes, codes, or thinks for a living.

Researchers: "AI models resist being shut down. We don't know why but it might be a survival drive."

Guardian: "AI DEVELOPING SURVIVAL DRIVE!"

Reality: They built a machine that flips its own switch back on, then acted surprised when it flipped its own switch back on.