Humanity’s real problem, the great biologist Edward O. Wilson once remarked, is that “we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” There is no better proof for this aphorism than the American military’s escalating spat with Anthropic, the creator of the artificial-intelligence model Claude. If the most fervent believers are correct, AI might one day challenge the power and sovereignty of nation-states. No technology this godlike will be left untouched by