AI Scares Me, But I’m Still Using It (Carefully)3 min read·Just now--Imagine generated with AILook — I’m not an expert on AI. Not a tech head. Just a regular person trying to stay afloat in a world spinning faster than we can process.Here’s the truth: AI’s here to stay. It can polish your resume, clean up your emails, and balance your budget like a pro. It can even diagnose diseases, predict disasters, and slash energy waste. That’s the shiny side of the coin.But here’s the rusty edge: we’re building this future on shaky ground. Greed’s driving the train now. No one wants guardrails — not the tech giants chasing profits, not the politicians trading truth for clout. Checks and balances? That’s bad for business. So we race toward the cliff, high-fiving each other as the ground cracks beneath our feet. Ouch.The Internet’s New LawlessnessThe web’s already a dumpster fire. Lies masquerade as news. Outrage fuels engagement. Trust? Gone. Now imagine AI as the arsonist — deepfakes of politicians declaring wars that never happened, bots mimicking your mom’s voice to scam your savings, fake videos of you doing things you’d never do. This isn’t hypothetical.Last year, AI scammers faked a company exec’s voice and walked off with $25 million. During elections? Deepfakes and propaganda bots swarm like locusts — because chaos is profitable.Social media is the perfect kindling. Platforms already reward lies over facts and filters over reality. Now throw in AI-generated influencers who don’t exist, articles written by algorithms chasing clicks, and images so convincing you’ll question your own eyes. You know the drill: the catchy headline and article you thought you clicked wasn’t real. Just bait to steal your data or infect your device. We’re not users anymore — we’re lab rats in a dopamine experiment gone wrong.The Coming Digital Gold Rush (With No Sheriffs)Here’s the part that chills me: we’re letting wolves guard the henhouse. Tech companies are pushing AI tools faster than we can grasp the consequences. Governments? Either clueless or complicit. Meanwhile, your data — your face, voice, and private messages — are being scraped and sold to the highest bidder. Blackmail’s gone algorithmic. In some countries, criminals already use AI to clone voices for ransom…