The New Normal

AI Isn’t Optional Anymore

Step back for a second.

Not a year ago. Not five years ago.

Right now.

Something changed recently.

AI did not slowly become useful.

It became necessary.

Right now, millions of decisions depend on AI somewhere in the process.

Not as a backup.
Not as an experiment.
As infrastructure.

And here’s the part most people haven’t fully processed.

If these systems disappeared tomorrow, large parts of modern life would simply stop. Not slow down. Not struggle. Stop.

We already crossed the line from helpful to required. Without anyone marking the moment.

Most people still think they “use” AI.

But systems that feel normal are usually the ones we depend on most.

Electricity feels normal.
The internet feels normal.

AI now lives in that same category.

Which means the real question isn’t what AI will become.

It’s what happens once we can’t function without it.