How AI Destroys Institutions

2026

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1) This essay argues that AI systems, by their very design and affordances, actively degrade and threaten to destroy crucial civic institutions.
2) * Explores how AI undermines expertise, short-circuits decision-making, and isolates individuals.
* Examines the impact of AI on specific institutions like the rule of law, higher education, journalism, and democracy.
* Warns that without mitigation, AI's unchecked spread will lead to social dissolution.
3) AI, institutions, democracy, technology, societal impact

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