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A Crisis of Agency
The article discusses the concept of 'the Inversion,' where AI bots now outnumber humans online, eroding trust in digital reality. Autonomous AI agents perform tasks like writing, creating media, and managing transactions, blurring lines between human and machine output. This shift has intensified cultural paranoia about manipulation and contributed to a 'crisis of agency' as humans feel disempowered by AI's growing dominance.
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