<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # People keep asking whether AI should happen as... > People keep asking whether AI should happen as though humanity were voting on installing a swimming pool. It already happened. The remaining argument concerns who builds it, who controls it, who has enough energy to run it, and whether your civilization intends to remain technologically sovereign. **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “People keep asking whether AI should happen as though humanity were voting on installing a swimming pool. It already happened. The remaining argument concerns who builds it, who controls it, who has enough energy to run it, and whether your civilization intends to remain technologically sovereign.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-people-keep-asking-remain-technologically-sovereign ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->