AI Absolutism Destroys Thinking. Apocalypse Is a Choice, Not Fate

AI debates have seized everything: simultaneously we hear that technology is salvation and that it's catastrophe. This polarity is exhausting and completely unhelpful to thinking.

Extremes Everywhere

You can't turn on the news without another sensational AI story. And it's almost always about extremes. AI is either a revolutionary miracle that will eliminate disease and poverty, or an existential threat that will displace humans and destroy society. Financial analysts write about human-machine merging. Technologists speak of AGI's arrival. Politicians scare us with regulation or promise revolution. And the public just gets tired of the lack of nuance. The problem is that absolutism paralyzes. It blocks critical thinking, prevents conversations about compromise, and answers complex questions with simple ideological responses.

Economic Mania and Bubbles

There are real reasons for concern, and most are financial. In the last quarter of 2025, AI accounted for almost 60% of all US economic growth. An impressive number, and equally a reason for panic. Economists now debate inevitable crisis: when AI bubbles burst, the market will crash. But this is an old story. Every technological revolution goes through a cycle: hype, investment, speculation, disappointment, and integration. Remember:

• Internet in 2000: 95% of startups died, but the infrastructure became the foundation of the economy
• Crypto mania 2017-2018: speculators lost, blockchain continues to develop
• Mobile applications: thousands forgotten, the platform is part of life

Apocalypse Is Not Inevitable

An apocalyptic future is not inevitable. It's possible—there are real risks. But it's not predetermined. Technology is neutral. The danger is not in AI itself, but in how we use it. When models are trained on biased data. When corporations hide how they work. When automation displaces workers without protection. That's where the danger lies. And it all depends on our choices. Developers choose what to train models on. Companies choose how to use them. Politicians choose how to regulate them. Citizens choose which systems to accept. There is no predetermination.

Why Absolutism Is Dangerous

Absolutism freezes action. If the end is inevitable, why resist? If the golden age is coming, why be cautious? Absolutism is convenient for media (simple narrative), financiers (volatility = profit), ideologues (only my truth is right). But it doesn't work in real life, where nuance and compromise are needed.

What This Means

AI is a powerful tool with real risks and opportunities. It can improve medicine, education, manufacturing. And it can amplify bias, unemployment, inequality. Usually—both. The future is not written. It is written by people who realize that there is a choice.