(experimental human–AI co-authored essay) Summary The spread of artificial intelligence (AI) generates both excitement and anxiety. On the individual level, generative models – especially large language models (LLMs) – offer a convenient, often almost “magical” user experience; on the societal level, fears are growing about labour-market transformation, rising inequality, disinformation, the build‑out of control infrastructures, and existential risks (Bostrom, 2014; Russell e