We are losing our I-ness, our Self. But the loss itself isn't as frightening as the attempt to disguise the loss and pretend that the I-ness is still right where it always was.
And what is I-ness? I know two or three commonly accepted definitions, and they're obvious; the other couple hundred definitions known to the world I don't know, and there'd be no point repeating them even if I did, so I'll say what I think myself — or rather, I'll say what I-ness is not, by listing a few examples.
Do you take part in choosing your profession? I don't think so. The choice is dictated by demand, by perks, by the opinions of those around you — but your I-ness has no part in it.
Do you take part in choosing your favorite pastime? I don't think so. Someone simply had a good chess coach as a child, and there you go, he became a chess player and loves chess. Again, no I-ness whatsoever.
In the choice of language, of where you live, even of religion, there's no I-ness either. So where is the Self, where is the person?
Or maybe there's no I-ness at all? Maybe. But I believe there is, and your I-ness is a particle of Christ within you. I can't prove it anyway, and if I could, I'd have to lean on a priori premises that are already known, that I got from somewhere.
Take that same AI, phenomenally honed for solving the classification problem, and that's it. This doesn't mean AI is stupid, nor, on the contrary, that in time it will possess a personality. The first position is held by reactionaries defending their skills that way; the second is the lot of the progressive materialists who fill modern IT. Personally, I think AI absolutely must be developed to the fullest, and I don't believe it can ever acquire I-ness. There's no particle of Christ in it. How do I know? I don't — I believe, that's all.
The experience of faith is always absurd and individual; you can't appeal to anyone else, it's yours, and it is your I-ness. I-ness creates something out of nothing. Materialists too carry a particle of Christ within them; the most progressive among them even sense it, but don't identify it as something immaterial. As a last resort, they give their inner absurd an outlet through all manner of esoterica, spiritual practices, and the like.
In short: don't endure it, don't sublimate it — limit knowledge and make room for faith ;)