When We Outsourced Thinking

AGI, Oversight, and the Business of Artificial Intelligence

By Glenn Rowe | glenn@siliconstrategy.ai

Live at: whenweoutsourcedthinking.siliconstrategy.ai

Screenshots

Hero section with dark cyberpunk aesthetic and immersive background

Navigable table of contents with interactive feature annotations

Footer with interactive features guide and attribution

About the Paper

This paper argues that advancing AI capabilities and declining human cognitive oversight capacity are converging toward a critical failure condition: the Safety Inversion. Drawing on PIAAC, NAEP, and NAAL data, it documents sustained declines in foundational literacy and numeracy among U.S. adults and proposes a five-pillar operational definition of Artificial General Intelligence.

The thesis: The systems most requiring human oversight are increasingly evaluated by populations measurably less equipped to provide it. This is not a future risk — it is a present condition.

Written from 30 years inside the machine — from encrypted satellite communications in forward-deployed combat zones to enterprise cloud architecture.

Features

• Interactive Reading Experience — Navigable sections with smooth page transitions, reading progress bar, and sidebar table of contents
• Glossary Annotations — Inline term definitions appear on hover for key concepts
• Claim Verification — Verifiable claims are highlighted; click to search for live evidence via Perplexity API
• Text-to-Speech — Embedded Speechify TTS audio playback per section (browser extension compatible)
• PDF Download — SSRN-formatted PDF available for offline reading
• TL;DR Popup — Six-paragraph summary accessible from the hero section

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React 18, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, shadcn/ui
• Backend: Express 5, Node.js, TypeScript
• Database: PostgreSQL (Drizzle ORM)
• APIs: Perplexity (claim verification), Speechify (text-to-speech)
• Content Pipeline: DOCX → Markdown → PostgreSQL → React rendering

Project Structure

client/          # React frontend (Vite)
  src/
    components/  # UI components (sidebar, glossary, audio player, etc.)
    pages/       # Route pages (Home, SectionPage)
    hooks/       # Custom React hooks
    lib/         # Utilities, glossary definitions, query client
  public/        # Static assets (PDF, images, robots.txt)
server/          # Express backend
  routes.ts      # API endpoints
  storage.ts     # Database access layer
  seed-data.ts   # Section content for database seeding
shared/          # Shared types and schemas
  schema.ts      # Drizzle table definitions
  routes.ts      # API route contracts

Running Locally

npm install
npm run db:push
npm run dev

Requires a PostgreSQL database (DATABASE_URL) and optional API keys for Perplexity (PERPLEXITY_API_KEY) and Speechify (SPEECHIFY_API_KEY).

License

All rights reserved. Content and code are the intellectual property of the author.

Contact

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gwrowe
• GitHub: github.com/BITBANSHEE-C137
• Email: glenn@siliconstrategy.ai