Are You Living Your Own Life, or Is AI Living It for You?

Every day, artificial intelligence shapes how you think, feel, and connect with others. From the content you see to the decisions you make, AI systems increasingly influence your most personal experiences. While these technologies offer remarkable benefits, they also pose unprecedented challenges to human agency and wellbeing.

The question isn’t whether AI will change us—it’s whether we’ll maintain our humanity in the process.

By 2030, AI may reach human-level intelligence.

We have five years to understand its impact — on our minds, decisions, and democracy.

This book is a guide to maintaining mental resilience and human agency in the age of algorithms.

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Discover Your Mental Resilience Level

Take our 10-minute assessment to understand how well-equipped you are to maintain agency in the AI age.

Measure Your Capacity for Human Agency in the AI Age

Our Mental Resilience Assessment evaluates your psychological preparedness for thriving alongside AI systems. Based on extensive research, it measures five critical components that determine your ability to maintain autonomy, meaning, and connection in an increasingly AI-mediated world.

How It Works

25 carefully crafted questions based on validated psychological research

Your assessment generates a comprehensive dashboard showing overall resilience score across all five pillars

The 5 Pillars We Measure

Emotional Control Your ability to recognize and manage emotions amid algorithmic manipulation and digital overwhelm.

Flexible Thinking Your capacity to adapt perspectives and generate creative solutions when AI systems provide quick answers.

Strong Sense of Self Your ability to maintain authentic identity despite algorithmic attempts to categorize and influence you.

Confidence in Action Your belief in your capacity to make independent decisions and override AI recommendations when necessary.

Purpose and Connection Your ability to find meaning and build genuine relationships beyond what algorithms suggest or simulate.

Explore Key Topics

AI’s Hidden Impact

How artificial intelligence is subtly changing our cognition, attention, and social connections — often without us realizing it.

Building Resilience

Practical strategies for individuals and communities based on assessment results

Democratic Governance

How AI challenges democratic institutions and what to do

Knowledge Library

In-depth articles, frameworks, and tools

About ResilientCore

ResilientCore provides evidence-based insights on artificial intelligence’s impact on human society. Founded by Vladimír Šucha, we translate complex research into practical knowledge for policymakers, organizations, and individuals.