The Falcon Cannot Hear the Falconer

A short while ago, I opened the ISACA Detroit Chapter 2026-2027 season with these remarks. The news headlines had been all about how AI was likely to outrun its masters, leading to human extinction.

We’ve been on this dancefloor before. It’s a combination of exuberance, fear, and speculation, awash in money and promises of endless growth on a finite planet. Is this latest wonder a threat to humanity? That depends on your definition of what it means to be human — and what you and I think may threaten our existence.