Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set...
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
- Frank Herbert, Dune
Herbert's warning still stings: giving machines the job of thinking tends to outsource control and accountability. Tools should amplify human judgment, not replace it. If we want freedom, keep human oversight, guardrails, and transparent decision processes. Machines can assist, but they shouldn't decide what counts as our thinking.