33. Cursus Honorum of the AI Future Part 5
In Episode 33 of the Great Houses Forum, Gregory Treat argues that the modern credentialing system, originally built to educate Prussian peasants, produces leaders of "ungrounded virtue" who cannot be trusted with the new seats of power that AI, robotics, and surveillance technologies are creating. He proposes reviving the cursus honorum, the tiered ladder of ascending public offices used by Rome and the British aristocracy, to train "AI paladins" who master three core skills, code, content, and command, through real-world challenges rather than classroom certifications. The progression spans…
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