My illustration entitled: “The Hands That Never Stop” — Countless robotic hands execute tasks across a city, while a human struggles to reach a single stop lever buried beneath their machinery. Version 2.0: AI agents can now act through tools and workflows. That makes the human cost of an objective function a present governance problem—not … Continue reading Demonic Intelligence in 2026: AI Agents, Superintelligence, and the Limits of Optimization