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Is AI Already Beyond Our Control? What Will We Tell Our Kids?

The Guardian

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Date Published
25 July 2026
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1
Australian
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Created
24 July 2026, 10:00 pm

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It’s no bedtime story

Summary

This visual commentary addresses the growing societal anxiety regarding the autonomy of artificial intelligence and the potential loss of human agency over frontier systems. By framing the control problem within a generational context, it highlights the ethical burden of legacy risks passed down to future populations. While not a technical analysis, the piece critiques the current trajectory of AI development and its potential to become an unmanageable existential threat if governance fails to keep pace with capability.

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Is AI already beyond our control? What will we tell our kids? It’s no bedtime story See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Illustration: Fiona Katauskas/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Fiona Katauskas/The GuardianExplore more on these topicsAI (artificial intelligence)Opinion