Following the famous 1956 Dartmouth Conference, where a team of computer scientists first coined the term “artificial intelligence,” philosophers have raised significant ontological and ethical questions regarding AI’s nature and its implications for human flourishing. More recently, the growing popularity of Large Language Models and so-called “deep fakes” has made the public more aware of the power of AI, thrusting profound existential dilemmas into our collective consciousness. This chapter attempts to address our current situation from a philosophical perspective by reflecting on basic questions, including: What are these technologies for? Whose interests do they serve? And perhaps most importantly, how are they changing our sense of conscious human agency? The aim is to better contextualize the transformation already underway in the hopes of avoiding false myths and unethical outcomes.