RE: The Default Path

• What is the biggest threat of AI to humans?

Humans. Yup, humans are the biggest threat of AI to humans. With the kind of power and capability that AI has it will simply be too irresistible for humans not to abuse it to the determent of other humans. Also, there is the biggest worry of mine…humans not building in some kind of “fail safe” that can actually shutdown a runaway AI system.

The other side of this “human” threat thing, probably the true “biggest threat”, is trust. I’ve been watching the ‘deepfake’ side of this for quite some time. In the beginning it was pretty obvious what images and videos were deepfake productions of AI. Over the last 5 years AI has matured at an alarming rate. For the average person it is now impossible to discern between the best of AI deepfakes and real images and videos.

In my article “2026 Outlook” I wrote, “There used to be a saying…Seeing is believing. That is no longer true or applicable. Put another way…people can no longer trust…period.” It is now estimated that ½ of all “shorts” that appear in Youtube feeds are deepfakes…a slightly smaller percentage of regular videos as well. Meaning…there are content creators out there publishing material that is fake as it can be…but also delivering an agenda driven message…and making money doing so.

What happens when people finally get to the point where they no longer believe anything the “news” says? Or any message from the government? Or any information at all from any source? What happens when people no longer trust anything that they hear or see?

Companies, governments, politicians, law enforcement…basically any institution at all will no longer be trusted at all. But, that in itself opens up people to being deceived. Someone will come along with a message that answers all the questions, alleviates all the doubts, soothes all the fears, calms all the desperation…just listen to him, follow him, do as he says…and all be be fine. That leads to the abyss.

“Trust” is probably the #1 threat to humans by AI. Because humans will use AI to destroy people’s trust in virtually everything.

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• The Default Path
• Q & A (2/11/2026) : The Default Path
• 2026 Outlook

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