How The AI Arms Race Traps Us All On An Upgrade Treadmill

The AI arms race forces people onto an "upgrade treadmill" where technology creates problems individuals must pay to solve. From Chinese seniors learning to detect deepfakes to translators mastering AI models, people worldwide struggle to keep pace with rapid change. This "disruption-as-a-service" model sees tech companies create instability, then sell solutions. With many workers worried about AI's impact on their careers, the burden of adaptation falls on individuals while companies profit from both creating and "solving" problems. This suggests a need to rethink how technology serves humanity rather than destabilizing it.