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# AI Building AI: Are We Just Along for the Ride?
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/ai-building-ai-are-we-just-along-for-the-ride/
- Published: 2024-10-18T05:34:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:26:31.000Z
- Description: What if the future of AI isn’t about helping humans, but instead, AI creating, talking to, and working for itself?
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: News, #seo-post-1

What if the future of [AI](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/ai-trends-speaker/) isn’t about helping humans, but instead, AI creating, talking to, and working for itself?

In a world where AI is quickly advancing, one thing is clear — AI is starting to build AI for AI. Joe Procopio humorously explores this next frontier, where AI clones other AI, companies ride the wave of generative models, and humanity becomes more of a bystander.

An example from YCombinator highlights how an AI startup cloned another AI code editor and used ChatGPT to overwrite open-source licenses. Procopio warns this could be the future: AI systems writing content for AI to read, engaging in conversations and commerce without human intervention.

Even influencers could soon be AI talking to AI bots, pushing brands without a single human viewer. Procopio doesn’t see this as a far-off dystopia; instead, it's the logical next step as AI grows smarter and more self-sufficient.

- AI startups are cloning each other’s code, bypassing open-source rules.
- AI could soon create content that only other AI interacts with.
- We are edging closer to an AI-driven economy where humans are secondary.

As AI builds for itself, how can we ensure that humans still matter in this accelerating digital ecosystem?

Read the full article on [INC](https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/the-future-of-ai-is-ai-building-ai-for-ai/90987175?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com).

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