The Algorithmic Leviathan: Privacy’s Silent Extinction?

Within the next 15 years, the pervasive integration of AI-driven surveillance and data aggregation will render the concept of meaningful personal privacy largely obsolete for the average citizen. This will not be through overt authoritarian control, but rather a gradual erosion achieved through the seemingly benign accumulation and analysis of personal data by countless interconnected systems, ultimately creating a comprehensive and inescapable digital profile for each individual. The resulting societal shift will necessitate a fundamental re-evaluation of our understanding of freedom and autonomy.