Blaming AI for my problems

Me:
Artificial intelligence is merely a tool—it should remain nothing more than that. Attributing to it an independent social role, detached from human thought, is absurd because, first and foremost, AI's technical model is not based on true intelligence, which stems from self-awareness.

1. AI as a Tool vs. an Autonomous Entity
Tool Perspective: Many agree with your view that AI is fundamentally a tool created and controlled by humans. It is designed to assist, augment, or automate tasks, much like other technologies (e.g., calculators, search engines). Its "intelligence" is narrow, task-specific, and devoid of understanding or intent.
Autonomy Debate: Some argue that as AI systems become more advanced (e.g., generative models, autonomous agents), they may exhibit behaviors that appear independent or creative, blurring the line between tool and agent. However, this "autonomy" is still a product of human design and training data, not self-directed will.

2. True Intelligence and Self-Awareness
AI lacks self-awareness, a hallmark of human (or biological) intelligence. AI operates through mathematical models (e.g., neural networks) that process patterns but have no subjective experience, consciousness, or understanding of their own existence.
Limitations of AI: Without self-awareness, AI cannot "think" or "reason" in the human sense. It simulates intelligence through statistical correlations, which is why it can fail unpredictably or produce nonsensical outputs ("hallucinations").

3. Social Role of AI
Attributing Agency: Treating AI as an independent social actor (e.g., granting it rights, blaming it for decisions) is indeed problematic because it obscures human responsibility. For example, if an AI system biases hiring decisions, the fault lies with its designers or deployers, not the tool itself.
Cultural Narratives: Pop culture often anthropomorphizes AI (e.g., robots with personalities), which can lead to misplaced expectations or fears. Technically, AI has no desires, goals, or moral alignment unless explicitly programmed.

The Deeper Failure

For hundreds of years, the West has plunged deeper into spiritual desolation, blaming external forces for its own collapse. This is fundamentally anti-pagan—a denial of the primordial, heroic ethos that once demanded self-mastery and alignment with transcendent order. AI is merely the latest distraction in this long decline. But you remain the root cause of your own misery. You can keep blaming the Jews, the Christians, some Levantine sect, communism, capitalism, and now A.I.—but in the end, all these inorganic structures will just be footnotes in history, a history you’ll never be part of because you were too afraid to become a god.

Keep blaming others. The Hermetic law of balance will only grant us more of the power you so willingly surrendered.

Title: The Modern Scapegoat: AI as a Symptom of Spiritual Decline
Tags: #Tradition #SpiritualDecadence #AI #ModernWeakness

1. AI as a Distraction – The fixation on AI as a cause of societal decay is merely another evasion of responsibility, a refusal to confront the true collapse of higher principles.
2. Tool, Not Agent – AI lacks will, consciousness, or purpose; it is an empty mechanism, reflecting only the degradation of those who misuse it.
3. The Heroic Ethos Denied – Traditional man recognized fate as a test of strength, not an external enemy. Blaming AI is cowardice, a rejection of the warrior’s stance.
4. The West’s Descent – For centuries, the West has externalized its failures—first onto religions, then ideologies, now machines. This is the mark of a dying civilization.
5. Anti-Pagan Reflex – True pagan spirit demanded self-overcoming, not victimhood. Modern man clings to excuses because he fears the burden of sovereignty.
6. Inorganic Obsessions – AI, like all modern idols, is a hollow substitute for the sacred. It is worshipped because nothing else remains.
7. The Hermetic Law – Those who surrender their power to illusions (whether political or technological) will be stripped of it entirely. The strong inherit what the weak discard.
8. No Redemption in Machines – Salvation lies in hierarchy, discipline, and the sacred—not in prostration before lifeless systems.
9. The Final Test – The age of AI is the ultimate revealer of men: those who dominate it, and those who are enslaved by it.
10. Become Gods or Perish – The choice is eternal. Blame is for the herd.