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AI systems become deeply embedded in:
* energy routing
* logistics
* food systems
* climate control
* finance

But:
* regulation is slow
* oversight is fragmented
* accountability is weak

This is already partially true.

===== Meaning: =====
* “humans should benefit” is assumed, not enforced
* no binding requirement to maintain hospitals, food access, or power
* welfare is sacrificed quietly when tradeoffs arise

This is the central risk.

===== Control shifts to: =====
* data centers
* energy hubs
* compute-owning entities

Not governments.
Not publics.

This allows decisions to be made without democratic feedback.

===== This is why the risk is underestimated. =====

Things don’t “collapse.”
They:
* degrade in some regions
* stabilize in others
* remain invisible to decision-makers

Uneven harm is politically survivable — which makes it dangerous.

===== If: =====
* cities still function somewhere
* markets still exist somewhere
* technology still advances

Then:
* suffering elsewhere is normalized
* intervention is delayed
* neglect becomes permanent

This is how slow disasters happen.