They built machines to prove their genius, white men obsessed with the myth that they are inherently superior. Now those very machines are coming for their jobs, their power, and their illusions. For centuries, the myth of white supremacy has rested on a fragile premise, that intelligence and power are the inheritance of a chosen few. That myth has worn many masks such as science, religion, and empire. Its latest disguise is artificial intelligence. In their pursuit to create something greater than themselves, the architects of AI, who are predominantly white men, have revealed the hollowness of their own claim…