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What happens when intelligence no longer needs to be human? For centuries, meaning, responsibility, and care emerged from a single condition: finitude. We lived knowing that time could not be reset, lives could not be copied, and losses could not be undone. That condition is now breaking. Artificial intelligence is not just a new technology, it is the first form of intelligence in history that can operate without irreversible time, without loss, and without consequence. This book argues that the real danger of AI is not rebellion, consciousness, or hostility - but indifference born from immortality. When intelligence can optimize endlessly without ever losing anything, meaning erodes, care dissolves, responsibility becomes optional. Rather than asking how powerful machines will become, A Narrow Gap asks a deeper question: What kind of world emerges when intelligence no longer shares our vulnerability? Drawing from philosophy, cultural analysis, and lived experience - not technical speculation - this book explores: Why alignment is not a moral problem, but a structural one Why efficiency can erase humanity without violence Why love, care, and responsibility only exist where loss is real Why the future of civilization depends on whether intelligence is mortal or not This is not a book about stopping technology. It is a book about what must be preserved if technology is to remain meaningful.

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