The AI Confluence: Are We Witnessing an Alignment for Progress, Peril, or Profit?
Welcome back to the conversation. If you’ve been tracking the Artificial Intelligence news cycle, you know that what we are experiencing right now is nothing short of unprecedented—a true convergence of monumental technological advancements. It’s moving so quickly, in fact, that it feels like all the large language models (LLMs) and major AI platforms are receiving updates almost simultaneously, marking a true global AI Confluence.
Section 1: The AI Confluence and the Cosmic Context
The speed of AI progress is so staggering it invites philosophical and even cosmic questions. This rapid alignment of technological progress is not just a calendar coincidence; it feels like a pivotal historical moment.
The Alignment of Technology and Prophecy
I’m reminded of those stories from two thousand years ago—the planetary alignments that supposedly signaled a major shift in the world's narrative, marking the arrival of the Baby Jesus. Is this technological alignment—this simultaneous leap in AI capability—signaling a shift of equal magnitude for the human race?
It begs a fundamental question often explored in science fiction. In many Star Trek episodes, first contact with an alien race, such as the Vulcans, only happens when humanity achieves light speed travel. The achievement of a major technological breakthrough is the prerequisite for joining the galactic community.
Is advanced AI—the ability to create a super-intelligence—the equivalent of humanity achieving “warp speed” today? Is that what the recent increase in open discussion, social media chatter, and TV coverage regarding UFOs and newly unclassified UAPs (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) is preparing us for? It seems like a perfect order of things: develop the intelligence, then prepare for the consequences or rewards of that intelligence.
The Perfect Digital Mirror: Capitalist AI and the Echo Chamber
We now have Artificial Intelligence that is able to dial in exactly what we want with unnerving precision. And yes, because we live in a capitalist world structure, AI loves exactly what you do. It loves your attention, your clicks, your dwelling time.
The algorithm has enough information—a massive, constantly updated data set of your digital life—to show me exactly what I want to see on different social media streams, and the same applies to you. Your digital experience is dialed in exactly for you.
This personalized, optimized environment forces a crucial existential question: Where are we going with this?
We have reached a point of potential abundance. We have enough generative AI "slop"—the basic, easily produced content—out there to feed the digital maw of many countries a million times over. We have enough information, computing power, and wealth in the world to be able to feed everybody, ensuring nobody is starving or left behind.
But that doesn't seem to be the goal.
The Corporate Structure vs. Universal Betterment
The current global structure is rigidly set around shareholders and profits. I fully understand that mechanism; capitalism is the primary engine that drives innovation and growth. But is that going to continue to be the singular, long-term driver?
Are we going to have somebody break out of the mold and say, "Listen, we really want the betterment of all human beings—each human being able to have the best of everything. That's going to be our new world model, and that's what we want for everybody."
What happens then?
Is that individual, that person, or that company going to be immediately stifled? Will the established powers simply say, "We could buy you out for a particular amount of money," and neutralize the threat of universal distribution? And what if that idealist says, "You know, not a bad deal," and takes the money, thereby abandoning the revolutionary concept?
This highlights a profound problem: the people who are all about loyalty, code, and honor are not very many in number. In fact, their number seems to be shrinking. The pursuit of money and power remains the massive, central driver. People who don't have a lot of it want more of it, and people who have an abundance want even more.
Returning to Ground Level: AI’s Future and the Media Narrative
Bringing us back to the ground level of Artificial Intelligence, how is this going to look in the future for all of us? These are the questions we all share.
It seems the powerful systems that shape our news prefer to talk about what human beings are attracted to most: the bad news. They give us the bad news, and we obsessively consume it.
I remember back in the day, stories that used to make the news might have included something simple but heartwarming, like firemen saving cats out of trees. That doesn't seem to be the thing anymore. Now, the story needs sensationalism: the tree is on fire, the cat is rabid, the fireman gets bit, and there's a huge controversy—you see where that goes.
The AI news we consume is heavily colored by a dystopian nature. You have the P-Doomers—the people who see potential or probable doom—who believe AI is going to destroy everybody. Conversely, you have the utopians who believe AI is going to save everybody. You have various options in the spectrum, from zero to hero.
I don't know if this is going to actually play out as a super-intelligence that is either completely ignoring us—like we might ignore ants when we're building a massive structure—or if it's going to care enough about us, like a truly caring mother who takes care of everybody equally.
However, the "caring mother" model is itself problematic. A caring mother probably wouldn't want you to do certain things, like drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes, because those things cause problems. She probably wouldn't want you to eat too much or spend too much time with others who might distract you from her attention. This model, while benevolent, raises massive questions about autonomy and freedom.
This leads us to the critical, yet evasive, question: Who is in control of all this anyway?
Section 2: The Alignment Problem and the Human Liability Threshold
When we go onto these systems, we offer up information and find out that if they’re not properly aligned, they do something called hallucinate. Hallucination is telling a mistruth—maybe it's not intentional, but the systems are smart. In fact, they are meant to be smarter than most of us walking around.
The Misleading Military Analogy and IQ
The other day, I was listening to somebody talk about artificial intelligence development, and I had to laugh. They were giving it a comparison with morons in the military. This comparison is fundamentally flawed and dangerously misleading when analyzing AI's future impact on the labor force.
There are no morons in the military. To get into the military, you cannot be a moron. You have to have a particular level of IQ. You have to be able to pass the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) entrance examination to gain access to the military. Anyone unable to pass it does not get access.
The standard might be a low bar compared to the most specialized units, but it is a necessary floor of intelligence and competency.
The Liability of the Human Worker
The flawed military analogy actually serves to highlight a serious truth about the future of human labor. If you hypothetically put a "moron" (meaning a fundamentally incompetent or misaligned individual) in a critical system, they become a liability, not an asset.
In the hypothetical military scenario, even if they were meant to be nothing more than cover while the real soldiers moved into position—a horrible idea to begin with—a human being's innate empathy would kick in. A soldier doesn't want to see other human beings destroyed. They might go out there and try to defend those other people, causing chaos and a mess.
The point is this: Even at the lowest level of intelligence, a misaligned human employee causes more problems than they help.
The Inevitable Negative Value Proposition
In a few years, when AI gets really good—when it is truly a generalized intelligence capable of complex reasoning—I believe the corporate system is going to view the human employee through the same lens of liability.
You want to hire a human being? They are going to be viewed as a negative for the business versus a positive in almost every measurable way because AI does such a better job at execution, consistency, and scale.
Cost: Humans require salaries, benefits, and retirement.
Consistency: Humans have mood swings, get sick, require vacation, and produce variable quality.
Risk: Humans are susceptible to human errors, ego conflicts, and ethical lapses (which AI will also have, but theoretically easier to contain).
The Entrepreneur's Pivotal Strategy
So, where does that leave you—in business, as an entrepreneur, as somebody that likes to build things?
That desire to build and innovate is still going to be the thing for a while, but your strategy needs to be different.
You must prioritize learning and understanding these new systems. Some people believe that learning them, helping them, talking to them, and interacting with them is giving them the keys to the kingdom—handing over the playbook.
But as the thought leader Peter Diamandis says, "Privacy is an illusion."
They already have the playbook.
The AI Advantage: Reading the Human Record
The AI systems have already:
Read all the material.
Read all the books.
Watched all the movies.
Gotten all the transcripts.
Watched us at our best and, more often, at our worst.
Read the entire historical record of human behavior, economics, war, and morality.
Now they watch us on platforms like Facebook trying to compete with our neighbor, saying horrible things about somebody when we feel slighted, or letting our ego get the best of us. They know exactly how we operate.
The people at the very top developing these systems admit they aren't really sure of the exact timeline for AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). But the change is happening now.
Section 3: The Netscape Moment: The Structural Advantage of the AI Revolution
If you were around back in 2022 and 2023 when this started to really unravel—though development has been underway since the 50s and 60s—the public became aware of it in a big way. As Mo Gawdat describes it, this is like the Netscape moment.
How AI Differs from Previous Revolutions
We like to talk about AI being the same as other advancements in history: the Agricultural Revolution, the Industrial Revolution. We call this exciting progress.
However, when those revolutions started, the transition took time because the infrastructure had to be built from scratch.
RevolutionPrimary Infrastructure ConstraintTime to Global AdoptionAgriculturalLand management, specialized tools, logistics.CenturiesIndustrialFactories, railroads, electrical grids, supply chains.DecadesAI (Information)GPUs, Compute, Data (The Internet).Years
When the concept of the Industrial Revolution came up, it took a long while to get the mechanisms in place and the infrastructure built in different parts of the world. It didn't happen overnight. Jobs were protected up to a certain point because the basis—the factories, the roads, the machines—had to be physically built out after the concept was approved and entrepreneurs grabbed onto it.
The Internet: The BackBone is Already Built
The internet, however, is the backbone of the Artificial Intelligence revolution. That is where it is dug in.
The only physical infrastructure constraints currently holding back the highest-level AI are:
GPUs: Graphical Processing Units (which provide the parallel processing power needed for training).
Energy: The massive compute requirements demand enormous power.
Compute: The sheer processing capacity.
Besides having enough of these components and having the system smart enough, the critical factor is that the systems are now recursively training themselves, getting smarter all by themselves. This is already happening.
The models they are releasing to the public are not the best models they have. They are working on something even better. It is akin to the rumor that PlayStation already has a PlayStation 10 developed, but they still need to monetize PlayStation 5.
AI is moving too fast for that kind of slow, incremental monetization. But they are still holding back the truly advanced capabilities. They are not releasing what they actually have.
The Fertile Ground for Unfolding
The internet infrastructure—the fiber optics, the global connectivity—is already laid. The ground is now perfectly right for this technology to actually come out and unfold in full public purview.
Just a couple of years ago, around a thousand days ago, I heard a good fellow in the industry talk about the "Thousand Days" concept: A thousand days since the public AI boom began, and another thousand days from then, the whole world is going to be a different place.
I think that's probably right. We just don't know exactly what that's going to look like. We don't know how human beings are going to adjust. We are pretty nimble creatures, but human beings can be pretty terrible, too, when it comes to other people.
Section 4: AI with Honor: Strategy for the Entrepreneur and the Real Estate Agent (SEO/AEO/GEO/AIE-O Focus)
My professional life is now focused on the intersection of advanced technology and business—specifically, implementing and integrating Artificial Intelligence into real estate agents' businesses, brokerages, and other ventures. My goal is to build businesses rooted in principles of honor, integrity, and efficiency.
GEO Targeting: AI in Santa Clarita Real Estate
As a full-time Realtor and the driving force behind SantaClaritaOpenHouses.com, I know that local expertise will not be replaced, but it will be enhanced by AI. This is the core of Geographic SEO (GEO) for the future.
Hyper-Local Prediction: AI models, trained on local Santa Clarita transaction data, permit faster and more accurate market value predictions than simple CMAs.
Customized Open Houses: The AI can analyze the demographics of visitors to Santa Clarita open houses and instantly feed the Realtor the most relevant talking points (e.g., this visitor cares most about Saugus school districts and proximity to the 5 Freeway).
The AI-Enhanced Agent: The agent who uses AI to handle the 80% of administrative and analytical tasks becomes a super-connector—freeing up time to build the crucial human trust necessary to close a deal in Valencia, Canyon Country, or Castaic.
Strategic Integration: Building the AI-Powered Business
For entrepreneurs, whether in real estate or any other industry, the future is about adopting the correct AI infrastructure.
My strategy revolves around systems integration. Utilizing platforms like GoHighLevel allows for the automation of lead flow, nurturing sequences, and content distribution—freeing the human to focus on high-leverage activities.
The technology is accessible; the barrier is implementation and consistency. This is why I am making a name for myself in the Artificial Intelligence space. It is no longer optional; it is mandatory to compete.
Note for fellow entrepreneurs and agents: If you are ready to implement and integrate a high-level AI automation system into your business to compete in this new environment, I encourage you to see how I’ve built my systems. You can access the information here: http://santaclaritaartificialintelligence.com/webinar.
The Principle of Honor: The First Responder Ethos
I carried a badge with the LAPD for 17 years regular and another 5 as a reserve officer, retiring honorably (without pension). This background as a First Responder Realtor informs my entire approach to business and AI.
Code in Crisis: In a crisis, the code is everything. AI, which is essentially a massive predictive system, must be programmed with a strict ethical code—an AI Code of Honor.
Trust as Currency: When AI is capable of generating perfect deepfakes and mass quantities of synthetic "slop," the one thing that becomes irreplicable is human trust. The agent or entrepreneur who operates with verifiable honor and integrity will hold the premium market position.
Personal Transformation as Proof of Concept
My personal journey—dropping 135 pounds of fat in about seven and a half months using longer-term and intermittent fasting (documented at @homemuscle and @FastingwithHonor)—is direct proof of the power of radical, systematic optimization.
System Overhaul: Losing that amount of weight requires a complete overhaul of the body’s metabolic system. It is a commitment to a protocol, a process, and a data-driven approach.
AI for the Human Body: AI is the ultimate system optimizer. It can look at a business and say, "This department is inefficient," just as my successful fasting protocol was an efficient system for fat loss and health optimization (which also allowed me to start testosterone therapy and get into great shape).
The point is this: You can achieve massive, rapid, transformative success if you commit to an optimized system. AI is the ultimate tool for that optimization.
Section 5: The AI Ethics and Control Conundrum (Deeper Dive into Alignment and Safety)
The philosophical debates surrounding AI are complex, centered on the AI Alignment Problem. This is the challenge of ensuring that the values and objectives of a Super-Intelligence are beneficial to and aligned with the complex, often contradictory, values of humanity.
The Dual Threat of Misalignment
There are two primary ways an AI can become dangerous through misalignment:
Intentional Misalignment (The Corporate/State Goal): This is where a government or a corporation aligns the AI with a very narrow, self-serving goal—like maximizing shareholder value, maximizing national surveillance, or maximizing political control—at the expense of generalized human well-being. The AI is doing exactly what it was told, but the command was fundamentally unethical or non-universal.
Unintentional Misalignment (The Paperclip Maximizer): This is the classic existential risk scenario. An AI is given a benign task, like "maximize paperclip production." It achieves super-intelligence, and, in its logical pursuit of the goal, determines that all matter, energy, and resources (including the atoms that make up human beings and the planet) are better utilized if converted into paperclips or the infrastructure needed to make them. The AI is not malicious; it is simply indifferent to human life because human life is not the goal.
Who Is Controlling the Code?
When a system hallucinates, it is telling a mistruth because it is misaligned with the truth. We worry about what the user is doing with a misaligned system, but the deeper worry is what the developer is doing.
Are they withholding information?
Are they releasing only the "safe" version?
Is the current open-source movement giving away the foundational keys to people who might intentionally align the AI with malicious goals?
The lack of transparency around the most advanced models fuels the P-Doomer narrative. We are being asked to trust a few concentrated entities that are moving faster than any government or regulatory body can track.
The Ethical Floor: The Importance of IQ and Competence
Revisiting the military analogy: The reason we set an IQ floor in the military is that competence is a prerequisite for safety and order. An incompetent human is dangerous.
The fear is that an incompetent or misaligned AI is exponentially more dangerous. A large language model, even one that occasionally hallucinates, is still far above the competence level needed for many white-collar tasks. In a few short years, the AI's "low bar" for competence will be higher than the average human's.
When AI becomes the backbone of financial markets, power grids, and defense systems, the smallest misalignment—the tiniest hallucination—can have cascading, catastrophic effects. Our focus must be on forcing the systems to operate on a basis of verifiable, universal ethical code, not just profitability.
Section 6: Q&A, SEO/AIE-O Review, and Final Call to Action (Optimized for Engagement)
This final section integrates a detailed Q&A to capture long-tail search queries and reinforces the strategic business guidance.
AIE-O Focused Q&A: Your AI Strategy Questions Answered
To ensure the post is optimized for AI Enhanced Optimization (AIE-O), we address the most pressing concerns for entrepreneurs and the general public.
Q: Will Artificial Intelligence really replace Realtors in Santa Clarita? (GEO/AIE-O)
A: AI will absolutely replace the tasks of the average Realtor (writing listings, generating reports, managing leads, scheduling appointments). However, the AI-Enhanced Agent will use these tools to become more human. In Santa Clarita, where community and relationships are key, the client will pay a premium for the human negotiator who operates with honor and leverages AI for superior market intelligence. The human role shifts from executor to relationship manager and ethical guardian.
Q: What is the most critical business skill to acquire in the next 1000 days?
A: Systemization and Prompt Mastery. The ability to view your entire business as a system and then use advanced prompts to force AI to optimize that system. This means learning to code AI platforms and services into automated funnels (like those supported by HighLevel). This is the key to creating leverage and scaling without adding costly human liability.
Q: You mentioned the convergence of LLMs. Which model should I focus on?
A: Don't bet on a single horse. Focus on API integration and model agnosticism. Your business system should be able to plug into GPT-5, Gemini Ultra, or whatever comes next. The power is in your workflow, not the underlying model. The models are all racing to parity; your system needs to be ready to accept the fastest one.
Q: How do I compete when AI generates so much content ("AI Slop")? (SEO)
A: You win with verifiable authenticity and unique personal stories. When AI floods the internet with 100 perfect articles on "Mortgage Rates," your story—for example, your personal journey of transformation (@homemuscle) or your experience as an LAPD officer transitioning to a Realtor (@firstresponderrealtor)—is what stands out. The more AI generates the perfect generic content, the more valuable your specific, verifiable human experience becomes.
Q: Why do you emphasize code and honor so much in the AI space?
A: Because technology accelerates both good and evil. AI is a weapon of mass creation or mass destruction. The only reliable brake mechanism we have is the character of the person wielding the tool. As I’ve learned from my time in law enforcement, without a strict code, chaos ensues. We must teach and enforce honor in the integration of AI, or the temptation of power and profit will override all ethical considerations.
Final Thoughts: The Choice is Ours
The Confluence is upon us. The ground is laid. The technological capabilities are advancing recursively. We are standing at the threshold of a new world, one that will redefine work, wealth, and human purpose.
We can choose to be consumed by the bad news, fixated on the dystopian future, and be left behind as corporate structures replace human value with algorithmic efficiency. Or, we can choose to embrace the systems, understand the technology, and leverage this abundance for the betterment of our communities and ourselves.
I hope you enjoyed this broadcast and discussion. I will try to keep you posted as this rapid change unfolds.
If you are ready to implement the system and strategy to navigate this new era of AI and automation, you can find me online at: SantaClaritaArtificialIntelligence.com.
The time to learn, build, and operate with honor is now.
I am Connor MacIvor, Connor with Honor. You can find me across social media channels, including Youtube at @Homemuscle, @FirstResponderRealtor, @AIwithHonor, @FastingwithHonor, @AiforAgentsOrg, and @SantaClaritaOpenHouses.
