Preserving What Makes Us Deeply Human in the Age of AI

As AI products permeate workplaces, classrooms, and relationships, the resulting harms across society are not random — they stem from the same extractive business models that prioritized engagement over wellbeing in the social media era. We've seen this pattern before, and we know where it leads. These harms share a common thread: the erosion of what makes us human. 

But a different future is possible — one where AI enhances rather than diminishes human life. Getting there demands a collective response to a defining question: what new norms, legal protections, and fundamental rights do we need to preserve what makes life meaningful?