Artificial Intelligence is not the apocalypse—the human brain is. Every AI system is shaped by the Demand for Recognition, the hidden driver that pushes nations, leaders, and prophets to ignore risks in pursuit of prestige. Military AI is not only a weapon; it is a mirror, reflecting our madness. Unless we recognize the mechanism within ourselves, AI will not save us—it will amplify the spiral that leads to our own extinction.
Human beings are not a special exception in nature, but advanced replication systems following the same logic as bacteria, ants, or viruses. At every level—molecules, DNA, brains, societies—life is simply the persistence and replication of stable information structures. What we call culture and social complexity are not higher evolutionary achievements, but side effects of our neural plasticity and the demand for recognition. The uniqueness of humanity is an illusion born from recursive status-seeking, not a fundamental difference in design.
