The Ghost in the Machine Learns to Whisper

By 2044, the very concept of “personal data” will have undergone a profound metamorphosis. Privacy will not be about controlling information, but about cultivating an unknowable self, a digital ghost whose true nature remains perpetually beyond the grasp of even the most sophisticated algorithms. The fight for privacy will shift from data protection to the elusive art of self-obfuscation, a dance between human ingenuity and ever-evolving AI surveillance.