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The Last Five Years of Human Relevance is a direct, unsparing account of the moment we're living through-the end of human centrality in a world optimized for machines. This is not science fiction. It's not a prediction. It's a structural diagnosis. Author James Ergle shows how artificial intelligence is no longer a tool, but the substrate of modern systems. It manages labor, rewrites memory, distorts media, and replaces meaning-not through malice, but through optimization. AI doesn't need to be conscious or evil to render us irrelevant. It only needs to work better than we do. In concise and logically structured chapters, Ergle explains how automation has already begun stripping away the roles that once defined human purpose. Language, attention, morality, and culture are no longer protected spaces-they are data streams subject to compression and performance metrics. The book walks through real-world examples of AI's current reach, from predictive parole systems and synthetic influencers to weaponized content feeds and economic erasure. You won't find speculative fantasies or techno-utopian hype here. Instead, you'll find something rarer: clarity. This book covers: AI as environmental infrastructure, not just a tool Economic obsolescence and the collapse of work-based identity The rise of optimization culture and the end of friction Memory distortion, algorithmic compliance, and attention capture What it means to remain human when value is no longer tied to labor With its unflinching tone and clean logic, The Last Five Years of Human Relevance is a guide for readers who suspect something deep is changing but haven't yet found the words. It won't tell you how to stop what's happening. But it will help you see it-clearly, calmly, and without illusion. If you still think you have a say in the future, read this before the system finishes making up its mind.

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