The boy playing in the sandbox isn't worried about the army men's guns. He just points the green ones at the tan ones and everything works itself out. The boy's hands control both armies.

Consider: the current paradigm is Group A believes a narrative published online, and Group B believes a different, competing narrative published online. The result, people who believe in narratives published online are turned against one another. The common enemy is always the internet itself.

Some nation activated an AI weapon who's goal is to gently guide the enemies into death without them ever realizing it's happening?

The boy playing in the sandbox isn't worried about the army men's guns. He just points the green ones at the tan ones and everything works itself out. The boy's hands control both armies.

Consider: the current paradigm is Group A believes a narrative published online, and Group B believes a different, competing narrative published online. The result, people who believe in narratives published online are turned against one another. The common enemy is always the internet itself.

Some nation activated an AI weapon who's goal is to gently guide the enemies into death without them ever realizing it's happening.

The boy playing in the sandbox isn't worried about the army men's guns. He just points the green ones at the tan ones and everything works itself out. The boy's hands control both armies.